Magic shoes

Addison saw Dr. Frierson this morning for her feet. Since we have been home from the hospital she has been walking on her tippy toes. He said it is probably from her laying in the bed for so long without walking, her feet just got stiff. So she has to wear some different inserts for 6 months before she can get the orthotics. She will follow up with him again in six months. He also showed me some stretches to do on her feet 4-5 times a day. We went straight over to the prostetics place to get her fitted. She had to have both feet placed in cast to get their shape. She was terrified and cried the whole time. They had to place this tube between her feet and the cast and it looked like the rubberband they use to tie your arm or leg before you have blood taken or get an IV. She was screaming no more IVs. I just kept reassuring her it wasn't going to hurt and it wasn't an IV but nothing I said or did was working. She was crying for Tre' to come get her. She must think I am the mean one because I am the one always bringing her to all these appointments. After the cast were made they had to be sawed off and the noise scared her even more. Then we get the news our insurance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana does not cover the inserts or the orthotics she will get in another six months. Can you believe that? Not even on a 2 year old! The inserts are $737 and who knows what the actual orthotics will cost. And they only accept cash or checks made out to cash, no credit cards. It just makes me sick. You can even see on the video of her first steps her feet are already messed up so how can they not cover them? They will take 5-6 weeks to be made. She was so wore out from crying she fell asleep after only 2 minutes of the car ride home. I stopped and got her some Raising Canes chicken fingers but all she ate was half of the coleslaw. She kept saying it was her salad. How she could resist their awesome chicken fingers I have no idea. She did eat almost all of her Gerber toddler meal for dinner though. At this point I will take what I can get when it comes to her eating. I have even tried cutting food into fun shapes but that doesn't even work. She is getting her energy back a little more each day. She plays for a while and then has to lay down for around an hour watching Barney, Poppy Cat, or Peppa Pig before she is ready to play some more. As always thank you for your continued prayers and support.