Thursday, January 13, 2011

Medical Information Cheat Sheet

Not long after Kyle came home from NICU, I did up a sheet with all his medical information and I have updated it and modified it over the last 4 years. Any time Kyle needs to go to the hospital or a new doctor, I bring the sheet and have them copy it. It's one sheet with all the answers to the questions usually asked by doctors - what medications he's on, hospitalizations, surgeries, vaccinations, etc. I can't always remember the dates for all of his surgeries or vaccinations and I might forget to mention a medication he only takes when needed, but the sheet has it all listed for convenience. For years my mom has told me I should make a service of doing these for other parents of children with extensive medical histories, so here it is... If you (or someone you know) could use a sheet like this, let me know and give me an e-mail address and I'll email the Microsoft Word document minus the information so all you have to do is fill in the blanks. I could also customize it, but it would require a lot of medical history and some people are not comfortable sharing that with strangers. I usually print this out on one 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper front and back and keep it in a plastic sleeve to keep it from getting messed up.