Our Trip To LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center

EB and I, along with my parents, made a very special trip to Memphis today. EB had his first appointment at LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center. Around Christmas time we noticed EB experiencing what we thought were tics. We took him to our pediatrician who was able to actually see EB having one, thanks to us catching it on our digital camera recording, and he referred us to Memphis to a pediatric neurologist. EB’s doctor didn’t want to scare us, but there was mention of Asperger’s Syndrome and speech delays and I have been on pins and needles ever since.

EB was treated like a prince from the moment we arrived at LeBonheur. He was fascinated with the escalators, elevators, and all the cool artwork in the halls. They are under construction right now, but everything still looked great.

EB had a great appointment and the doctor thinks that these are only tics he is experiencing and he will most likely grow out of them. We’ll have to go back for a CT scan in a couple of weeks, but we are so relieved that all initially checked out well and our little guy just may need some speech therapy, which he will be evaluated for next week.

As we pulled away from LeBonheur, it hit me all at once how incredibly blessed we were to be taking a healthy EB home with us this afternoon. Most children that stay at LeBonheur aren’t so lucky. I have nothing but the highest praise for this hospital and thought I’d share a few pics we took inside:

But the best part of the day for EB? The rockin’ new frog boots Grandmama and Pawpaw bought him at Target. Which he HAD to immediately start wearing in the store when he saw them. Which I had to carefully peel off of his little feet tonight for bed, taking care not to wake him up.