Amy Luedemann's new office in Katy coming soon!

(Two days blogging and boy am I learning a ton!  This is a repost of my post on a different blogging site yesterday.  Trying to find a simple way to help keep in touch through this process...)

Thank you to all my friends and family who have encouraged me to start a blog!  I hope to use this blog to keep your posted on the progress of the new office.  I am also excited about using this blog for education and connection to the community.  I have been building the dream of Kidstown Dental in my head for many years now, and part of that vision is empowering parents, through good information, to make the right oral health choices for their children.  This is my first time for blogging (or as my sweet friend Laurel will tell you…for even reading blogs!)…I hope it is fun and useful.

As most of you know, yesterday was my last day at “Kids Healthy Teeth”.  It was a bittersweet day.  I am so grateful to Dr. Griffith and everyone there for the past few years.  When I moved back to Houston from Seattle, just before Hurricane Ike,  if you’d asked what I would be doing in three years I would have said opening a practice inside the 610 loop.  What unexpected things God has brought to my life since then: Kenneth, Virginia and baby Daylan.  Katy has been a warm and perfect home for my little family, and I am so excited that we are digging even deeper roots into the community here.

So, about the new office, Kidstown Dental!  The name was inspired at my inspiring friend Lizzy’s Galveston house, in 2002 when my dear friend Susan was helping me to dream dreams bigger than ever before.  It was so much fun imagining the “Rio room” where my dog Rio would be the inspiration, as well as a therapy dog for the office. We envisioned a wall where all the children could bring pictures of their pets.  I think we may have had a 10,000 square foot office in mind with all the exciting ideas we had to make it a dream dental office for children…and me!  Turns out the office will be 2800 square feet, but since I have saved all our ideas and added to them, you can be sure it’s going to be a pretty wonderful place!  The new address is 27110 Cinco Ranch Blvd, Katy, TX 77494.  God willing, I hope to be opening the doors June 1, 2012.  I just found out the ground breaking is pushed back a month or two, so it could be later for my opening, but I am trusting God knows just the right time and is looking after things for me.

I am grateful to have a little time to rest after a very busy summer.  For the next 10 months I hope to work 3-4 days per week so I have plenty of time to prepare for the new office and to devote to the kids before it gets really busy!  I have been working at a surgery center in North Houston.  It is the first of its kind in Houston, and I am thrilled to be involved there.  At Houston’s Children’s Dental Center, children can have all their work done at one time under deep sedation or general anesthesia.  The masterminds/businessmen behind HCDC are wonderful people, who I deeply admire, and they have a heart to provide services to all children who need this type of care.  As a result the center accepts most insurances, is in network for most if not all plans and accepts Medicaid.  As a pediatric dentist who works with Medicaid populations at Katy Dental, I can tell you this is monumental and a huge asset to Houston.  Okay, I can already see I am getting off topic.  You can check out their website by googling Houston Children’s Dental Center or click on the link to find out what we are up to at the center.  I will be there 2-4 days per week until my office opens.  I am also continuing to work at Katy Dental 2-4 times per month.  This is a small office where I am privileged to serve lower-income families who are on Medicaid, Chip, or just on regular insurance.  Of course there are a few other things up in the air, but I’ll keep you posted of where I am actually working as I go.

Signing out now.  Will try to bring pictures soon to this blog of the groundbreaking, the floor plan, and other exciting things as they happen.  May even start a Kidstown Facebook Page, who knows?  Oh my gosh…here we go!

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