OK; ty. I wish the IRS was clearer on that. When I looked up child care, I took it to [hopefully] mean if the child is cared for, then it would count. But, if medical negates that component, then yeah, I'd not be able to do it as dependent care. I'd otherwise have thought as long as the appointment let me work, it would have satisfied the IRS. Oh well. Also, it is then strange that preschool can be considered dependent care, for pre-school is about education (less so for daycare, but regular preschool nowadays can be similar to what kindergarten was when I was a kid).
