This blog was formerly dedicated in 2009 to my Dad who died of Alzheimer's in 2013. It's been three years now...and I find myself missing blogging...so I am re-inventing my blog... because, after all, life is about moving through, and going forward...

Monday, August 9, 2010

Running At Full Speed....Panting All The Way...

We have my step son visiting us.  He is nineteen and absolutely delightful.  He is very tech savvy and we enjoy long conversations about the latest in cell phones, apps and computers, so besides his fun personality, I look forward to his talks.  He goes home on Wednesday.  We are going to the movies shortly, so I have to type fast...

First, I want to apologise to everyone for not writing more regularly.  I have not got my energy level back on track since returning from California.  I think this heat is a contributing factor...

I called first thing this morning and scheduled a consult visit and for the vascular surgeon to check Dad's left pinkie toe.  We will determine from that visit on Monday, August 30th, if he needs weekly treatments or a new pair of compression stockings.

I called the administrator and politely asked if he would have the nurses conduct a diligent search to find Dad's compression stockings.  The other day, the wound care nurse told me they did not have them.  I found out this morning that Medicare/Medi-Cal will not pay for new stockings... (of course not, that would be preventative medicine!!)

The nurse just called to inform me the stockings were found in Dad's closet.  Transport is being arranged and Doctor-Doctor is checking her schedule to see if she is available to go with Dad.

More later...gotta go to the show....

4 comments:

Mari said...

Glad the stockings were found - in the closet! I don't think they looked too hard before.

Jeanie said...

The would have never found those comptrssion stockings if you hadn't pushed it....way to go.

septembermom said...

Glad to hear that you're having a nice visit. Hope you enjoyed the movie!

Good job getting those stockings found too. Take care in the heat.

gayle said...

I agree with Jeanie!! Way to go!!