Importance of Keeping a Medical Journal

We're having "Deer" for dinner tonight. Bobby brought it home a couple of months ago from a friend and put it in the freezer. He's been begging for me to fix it for him. He loves it.

I, on the other hand, am gagging just sitting here writing about it. I don't know why but the thought of eating Bambi makes me want to hurl.

I'm gonna stick it in the crock pot and cook it like I do a Roast, with potatoes and carrots, but I know I won't be able to eat it. I'm sure that Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich will do me just fine tonight!!

Today I want to talk about the importance of keeping a Medical Journal or Notebook for your child. I finally got mine up for sale on eBay, so I thought now would be a great time to talk about it because you can go to the link and look at the one I created to get ideas on how to make one.
You can buy a notebook already made. They sell them similar to mine but more "Professional" on the internet, but there's no need to buy one if you have a computer. You can make one up yourself.
The ideal thing would be to start it when your child is born, but I didn't think of it then, so I started Sarah's when she was about 8.

You need a place to keep EVERYTHING related to your childs health and education in one place. I'm sure you know by now that at every new appointment, no matter if it's Doctor, Therapy, School, etc. they have a thousand questions. What model wheelchair do you have?, what is your Ortho Drs. Phone Number?, what was the date of Jrs. last surgery?
When you keep a Medical Journal, you have all of that information right in one place. Whenever you have an appointment, you just grab the notebook and take it with you.

I can't tell you how many Doctors and Nurses were SOOO happy to see our little notebook. I wrote down every doctors appoinment, every Rx, every Diagnosis, and I had everything they needed when Sarah was in the hospital or Drs. office and they started asking questions.
You can click here and here to see a list of ALL of the pages in my notebook. I keep my pages enclosed in Page protectors to keep them looking neat, and I keep extra copies of some of the pages, like Sarah's list of Surgeries/Dates, so when we fill out those forms that ask for dates of surgeries, I can just write "See attached" and give them a copy.
I also keep notebook paper to write notes about appointments, and a business card holder to hold all of the cards people tend to give out.
It's very easy to make your own notebook, and you'll be surprised how much you'll use it, refer back to it, and wonder how you ever did without it!!

Of course, if you already have one, you know exactly what I mean :)