The system blows.

I'm one of those people who gets ridiculously annoyed if you don't bother to return a simple phone call. St Joe's hospital - I'M SPEAKING ABOUT YOU. Call me crazy, but I think it's relatively important to call back the woman who has left you 10 (TEN!!) voicemails regarding her daughter and her need for physical therapy. I kept my cool for the first week. Calling that hospital to set up appointments is next to impossible, so I knew realistically it would take at least a week or MAYBE even two for them to get on the ball. Needless to say - they NEVER called me back. Not even a 'Hey we got your message, and we are SUPER busy, so we'll add Alexa to the list and will let you know when to come on in.' I've seen those girls who answer the phones there during our bimonthly neurodevelopment appointments. They sit on their cell phones and let the hospital phones ring til they go to voicemail. Unreal.

I called NJ Early Intervention. Lovely people that run that program, seriously. They called me back in less than 24 hours. I had people at my house to evaluate Alexa within a week! That says a lot right there about how the state run program works better than the Catholic hospital. However. It's been 3 weeks as of tomorrow since they were here. I should have heard back from them. I called. I left a message. I got no return call. I'm not happy. I plan to call tomorrow, every hour on the damn hour if need be. I'm threw playing nice.

My 19 month old CANNOT walk and CANNOT stand without support. Methinks this screams HELP HER yet no one seems to listen. I've done all I can personally do to help her. I exercise her legs. I help her try to walk. I don't know what more to do short of showing up at the offices where Early Intervention is located and demanding to speak to someone. I'm just above and beyond frustrated. Tomorrow, I will have answers and WILL somehow find someone who truly wants to help my daughter. End of story.