Lost, late and a tram ride

Yesterday I took D to his evaluation at O H S U. That's the big teaching hospital in Port Land that has the local pediatric hospitals that specialize in all kinds of needs. The facility itself is on a huge hill and I can tell you it's practically impossible to find if you don't know how to get there.

I originally going to leave the house at 6 o'clock in the morning for D's 8:30 hearing exam. But I thought I was being a little dramatic and decided to hold off an hour and left at seven. Into town was the normal bumper to bumper traffic and I made it within an hour. That left me a half an hour to find the hospital. I could see the tram that leads up to it but I couldn't find any signs that said where it was. Surely there were signs being that it is the big teaching hospital, right?

Nope. By the time E called me back with which exit to take I had passed it and was almost out of town and into Washington! I turned around but there was no exit number going the other way. I found my way back but didn't know what little curvy road to turn on until I finally flagged down a guy in a black convertible porche and through sobs asked him if I was even close. He said no but if I turned and followed him he would take me close to where I needed to be. What a great guy! There really are still nice people in this world!!

I eventually made it, 45 minutes late!!! I was still bawling my eyes out and the ladies felt so bad that they gave me and D some free tram tickets. He didn't get to do the hearing exam, but that's not really an issue it just needs to be done. We did get to do the speech evaluation and the speech therapist told me that he's about a year behind. He scored one to three points below average for his age in two out of three of the tests. But with the little extra help he gets each week and working at home on some things he should be just fine.

The tram ride was really fun. I didn't know how either of us would do because I don't like heights and I wasn't sure how D would react but he did fine and it was really cool.









D said the cars looked like toys. The kind of do. We stopped and took E to lunch at Apple Bees and then headed back home. All in all it was a good day. Especially when the therapist said D was a wonderful and delightful child. Maybe she says that to all the parents but it's still nice to hear.

I hope everyone has a warm, sunny and wonderful Memorial Day!