We look uninsured

Brody had his 2 month well-child check yesterday. He is doing well although the doctor was surprised that he had dropped from the 75th percentile for weight down to the 25th and so he wants us to continue high-calorie formula. It wasn't until after the appointment that we realized the weight showing 75th percentile had to be an error because he has always been very small. We had one weight check with a substitute person and it was while Brody had casts, so we think she forgot to adjust the weight for the casts.

Anyway, we had the appointment and the doctor said he would send in the nurse for immunizations. Amelia, Kandi, Brody and I were all crammed in the little exam room. The nurse came in and started to go over the immunization paperwork and said something about being out of the VFC vaccines for the uninsured so we would have to come back. I stopped her and said, "oh, we have insurance. We just had a change in insurance providers on January 1, but I gave them the new card out front." She looked at us and sounding surprised said, "oh, you do?"

So she went out to check some things and then came back in and said that she would have to redraw all the vaccines which makes one wonder if they give the good vaccines to those of us with insurance or to those without since they have to be kept clearly separate. As we were leaving, I told Kandi that her surprise about us having insurance wasn't too extraordinary being that here practically the whole family was sitting in the doctor's office in the middle of the day for a routine appointment. Additionally, Amelia had dressed herself (she gets to pick her own clothes on Wednesdays when she doesn't have school) so she was wearing spiderman pants (with smooshed graham crackers all over them), a non-matching shirt and her hair was crazy looking. I was wearing jeans (which I noticed after leaving the house had a big food stain on them) and a t-shirt. We certainly didn't look like the type of people who might have insurance or be employed.