Aloha Hawaii

We officially said aloha to Hawaii this week. Our last day wasn't that awesome. I had intended to stop by school one last time and say good bye to people there, to stop in Honokaa and look out over Waipio Valley, say hello to our doula, Shannon, to stop at our favorite beach on the Kona side. None of those things happened. (Goodbye Dara, Betty, Pahoa, Shannon, etc.)

We woke up a bit late on Thursday after being up with Makili most of the night. We cleaned and did our final packing. As I was cleaning up I found a pamphlet that my sister had given me about breastfeeding in the first two months. I had been feeling sore for a few days and read in the pamphlet that soreness after the first week or so isn't a good sign. Afraid that I would need medicine after leaving the island and wouldn't be able to get it, I called the doctor and asked to see him. They told me that I could come at 1:30 and wait for him to come back from surgery. So we headed to the doctor's office. In the meantime I noticed white spots on the inside of Makili's mouth and knew right away that he had thrush. I called the pediatrician's office and they offered to call in a prescription without even seeing him. My doctor, on the other hand, was detained in surgery. We waited for almost two hours only to have him to tell me that I didn't have thrush and that I looked fine. He told me that thrush is painless (which is bullshit) and that I shouldn't give the baby any medicine without seeing the pediatrician. Super upset, we headed for the pediatrician's office. After a tearful explanation as to why we showed up without an appointment, the pediatrician saw him. she looked in his mouth for a few seconds and said, "yup, that's thrush." I was pretty pissed off at my doctor, especially since he wouldn't prescribe the medicine that I need to keep from passing the thrush back and forth between the baby and myself. Luckily the pediatrician said I could use the baby's medicine on myself.

After all that, we sped to Kona and dropped off our overweight bags (having to pay extra for them.) We then left again to drop off the rental car and returned to checkin. We were a half hour early and almost missed the plane. (So much for our first chance at pre-boarding). Every single person was already on the plane and they were all waiting for us. We parted with Hawaii on less than awesome terms, but it was a great year.