Hello. I was thinking we'd had quite the adventure today until I read
Dee's tale. I have sat and prayed that all the nurses, doctors, office personnel behind the scenes would do their jobs quickly and turn in all their paperwork so you can get DH home in order to do that long-awaited camera test tomorrow, that insurance people would ok that test
right now too!
I hate indecision. I need a plan I can work with, so I can just follow my time tables and plans and not worry about stuff.
Dee, I have no idea how you are managing with all this. I would be a basket case.
Twins, too, waiting to learn if DH will be coming home.
And then there is
blessed awaiting supplies to arrive so she can bring DH home.
Everything here seems to take a long time... like we're all moving through seas of molasses or something. Since the hurricane, everything is doubly slow. Noticed while we were driving home that the RV that has been laying on it's back in the median since the hurricane has finally been righted and removed to who knows where. It was one of those great big ones, the size of a big bus.
So, we had our adventure today. I went with DH to his ankle bone doctor, saw the assistant, the nurse, and then the doctor. Xrays taken, dr. said it looked good. We talked about upcoming knee surgery (when?) and find out it will straighten things out a bit (he looked at the knee and said it was way overdue) and that straightening will make the foot wrong and then that might have to be operated on to straighten also. Sigh.... I talked to Dr. about why his foot rolls and what could he do about that, and he suggested a custom orthotic for his shoe which I thought was a great idea. Sent us upstairs for a computerized mapping of the foot so they could make it.... but before they did that DH decided he didn't want to put the $250 into doing all that. sigh.....
DH cuts the heels of his shoes and puts a wood wedge in there and a metal strap on the outside and that does keep it from rolling so badly...but it's certainly not custom and not pretty...but he said as long as he can do this for free, he's not buying a custom one.
From there we went up to the VA clinic audio dept where we actually saw a dr. He determined the charger had a crack in it, and one of the old wires was detached inside (normal wear and tear) so they were cleaned and the wire fixed and the wire reattached. We got a new charger and brought it home to try. If it's still problematic, we have a box with a label to return to manufacturer to put new batteries in. Fingers crossed. Seems to be working now.
Noticed a sub shop a block away, so went there for lunch before coming home. Traffic was awful coming home, heavy going down but way worse on the way back. I'm glad to be here, relaxing for a bit.
LadyM, you guys are doing a wonderful parenting job with the little ones. I always think how much better off they are with you.
