Thursday, January 11, 2007
We left Muscle Shoals Airport at 7:30AM, in a private airplane, and we flew to Shriners Hospital in Lexington Kentucky
We loaded Meadow’s new pink and black wheelchair, specially made for her, with her name Meadow, engraved in pink lettering on the front of the black seat.
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| Meadow's Wheel Chair |
We loaded the diaper bag and my camera bag, which I take with me everywhere to document Meadow’s experiences, and ourselves into the airplane.
We flew from Muscle Shoals, Alabama to Lexington, Kentucky in an airplane that seats six people; Meadow had to be buckled into her car seat.
Meadow sat facing the sun so she closed her eyes and slept most of our flight.
Lora spent the first fifteen minutes filling out paperwork for Meadows's doctor's appointment.
Everyone put on earphones so we could talk to each other, to know the flight plans, the speed, the altitude, the weather and skis right of way, the landing, and the taking off.
We arrived about 8:30 A.M. at Lexington, Kentucky airport where we were greeted by a shuttle van, that took Meadow, Lora, and me to Shiners Hospital.
The pilot and his associate rented a car, they spent the day sightseeing, and they ate lunch downtown
We saw miles of horse barns, white fences, lush green racing fields, racing horses heaven.
As we were riding to Shriners Hospital I started talking to the driver.
The driver described the city of Lexington, talked about horse racing and he talked about his family.
The driver said I have enjoyed many years working as a driver for Shriners Hospital.
Shiner's Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky specializes in human bones.
When we arrived at Shiners Hospital we loaded our baggage into a large red wagon, and then Lora registered Meadow for her appointment.
A nurse greeted us with a pleasant smile, then proceeded to take us to a room where the weight, measured the length and head size of Meadow.
We were then taken to an examining room where Meadow was dressed in a white hospital gown that was covered in blue animals and writing that said, “Splish Splash I was taking a bath!”
There was a mural painted on the examination room wall with a Lion with a bushy mane, a dark brown monkey holding a bright yellow banana, swinging from a tree, and a Giraffe peeking his head into the examining room and in the distance, we saw a black and white zebra standing in a green field.
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| Meadow |
The doctor walked into the room and greeted us with a handshake.
The doctor asked many questions about Meadow’s medical history; he examined Meadow’s bones and sent her down for X-rays.
We sat in the lobby waiting for Meadow and when she returned we were taken to a different room.
The mural in this examining room was a brown Camel wearing a red cap, a Monkey wearing red shoes, and red shirt, and yellow socks, standing in a puddle of water, with his hand around the camel’s neck.
The doctor came in and told us that Meadow had AP and lateral spinal skeletally immature with no measurable scoliosis, and both hips were concentrically reduced.
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| Meadow |
It was twenty-five after two and the cafeteria closed at 2:30 P.M. We were given two vouchers for lunch and we were allowed to both get a plate of food.
We had been so busy with all of Meadows's doctor visits that we had forgotten to eat lunch and we were both very hungry.
We met with a Social Worker after lunch, where Lora explained to her how she had struggled to get equipment, and physical therapy for Meadow in the area where we lived.
The nurse said you should not be having those problems so she called the CP Center and made some connections.
The nurse called the shuttle van, which we met in front of Shriners and we were taken to the airport.
The airplane was loaded and away we flew.
We flew over Nashville, Tennessee and the lights of the city were awesome.
It was a bit windy so our flight took a little longer on our return flight.
We arrived at Muscle Shoals, Alabama airport, unloaded the airplane, and loaded Lora’s red truck and Lora drove us home.
