Pacer Check and An Escaped Toddler

Today was our first time to do an at-home pacemaker check. I was supposed to do it yesterday, but I kinda forgot. Oops!

I remembered this morning and then the pacemaker clinic called to say that they had not received the reading. Once I got off the phone with them, I took Aiden into his room and laid him down in bed. I gave him a bottle in hopes that he would be distracted long enough for me to perform this little test.

My hopes were dashed.

As soon as I placed the little mouse over Aiden's pacer, he grabbed it and did not want it anywhere near him. We tried several times and finally I grabbed his hands and made him be still. Every time Aiden moved the mouse, the machine would beep at me.

The actual reading takes less than 2 minutes. Which in toddler time is an eternity.

And then the reader (which is hooked up to a phone line in Aiden's room (yes, he has his own phone line due to the pacer reader), dials into the clinic. And it sounds like a fax machine sending the information over the line. It takes more time sending the information than gathering it does.

While it was sending the information, Aiden kept looking at it as if it were something evil. I can't exactly say as I blame him. Technology is great, but no when it's attached to your kid.

And I'm relatively sure that once they get the reading at the clinic, a few heart beats will skip....

Aiden and I went on an excursion to Walmart today. And Aiden was in his gait trainer, not the buggy.

First we had to stop at the door so that Aiden could ring the Salvation Army guy's bells. Yes, bells. The guy gave Aiden BOTH of the bells. Aiden didn't want to give them back either.

We ran, literally RAN, to the electronics department. I had to get some ink for the printer. I also needed to get some card stock. Aiden had other plans and went the opposite direction. Since we also needed milk, it wasn't that big of a deal. I need to send a letter to Walmart asking them WTH? they were thinking placing toys at toddler level in the middle of the main aisle way.

Apparently, seeing a small child in a gait trainer gets the kid A LOT of attention. Everyone in the store had to stop and talk to Aiden. Aiden gets distracted easily when he is showing off his wheels and ran into more than a few displays. Fortunately, nothing was broken or damaged beyond point of sale.

Then we had to do a turn around back to stationary, which is located in front of the electronics department. Of course, there were more people there for Aiden to show off his skills.

Have you ever tried directing traffic while holding an ink cartridge, gallon of milk, package of printer paper and a toy? Not easy...

Oh, did I forget to mention that the little hand held carriers are no where to be discovered?

The child you are trying to direct escapes down another aisle while you are trying to pick up the merchandise that was in your hand/arms, which is now laying on the floor. And since that child knows he has freedom from the leash - because it is dragging on the floor behind him - is now running again down the next few aisles. Oh, and he's laughing at you!

We finally made it to the check out, where one of Aiden's Walmart girlfriends is located. Aiden didn't want to stay long enough to chat, he was ready to go. However, we had to go to the other side of the store to see his other girlfriend, where yes, he decided to stay and chat only because she lets him play with the lanyard her name tag is attached to.

I inform Aiden it is time to leave, to which he starts waving goodbye and blowing kisses to everyone.