Greer Ave.: The Doctor.

Before we were allowed to take Mona home from the hospital she was born in we had to designate a primary pediatrician Doctor for her. Having only been in St. Louis 3 weeks I hadn't begun to start thinking about that since I wasn't sure where to start. It wasn't like we had a lot of friends in the area to give us recommendations or staff that had children yet. So what did we do? Well, Randy & I were eager to get Mona home and so we got online and started looking up Doctors that were covered by our insurance. We did our best to choose one based on what we could read about them online.

Thankfully we found a great Doctor in the Cardinal Glennon practice (Cardinal Glennon is the Riley of St. Louis). Our pediatrician is also associated with the local medical school so it was very common that have a student come in and "practice" what they had learned with Mona and then our primary Doctor would come and check everything over. I must admit there were a few people I prayed wouldn't choose pediatrics as their line of work while others blew the socks off of me with their knowledge and confidence.

With Cardinal Glennon being in a hospital they tend to address typical routine appointments with a little bit of a medical flare to it. For example, when Mona gets blood work done she doesn't get a typical band aid on her heel or hand. No they use medical tape and wrap it around so many times it ends up looking like a baby cast when we leave. They also gave me a gown at every wellness check up to put Mona in. I have done my best to take pictures of Mona at every appointment in her little gown to mark her growth. I believe I got all but her 12 month check up due to a long drawn out emotional break down of Mona's. So bellow is Mona from her first appointment to her most recent appointment last week - her 2 year check up.

Mona at her 1st appointment