Tired

Well yesterday was a long day. Lori made it home around 7:45 after a nightmarish day at work, the boys played here and there and finished up at 9pm at Jump Street (a trampoline place) and I had lots of work all thrown in around everything. Lori is super tired, Jagger is still sleeping and Ty and I woke up at 6:30, which is late for me.

Grandpa Bob had some melanoma removed yesterday and is hopefully doing fine. Lori texted me a couple times during the day to get his number but I didn’t see the text until later in the day. Grandma Dix called me after I had finally seen the text and sent it but to play safe, she gave me Eleanor’s number which I passed on as well. Lori was in and out of the ER most of the day with an emergency patient so I’m not sure when she finally had a chance to call. She had a lady there all day with an unknown internal infection from a fall after a procedure that could be fatal so it was a big deal getting a diagnosis which Lori pretty much had to handle on her own. She didn’t actually have to diagnosis the patient but rather get the patient here and there and in and out of various tests and procedures all with no notice. Imagine getting a patient with no appointment squeezed in all over a hospital for a bunch of tests without the patient being scheduled. On top of that of course, you need to somehow get pre-authorization from the insurance company first when you don’t really know what your getting pre-authorization for! I asked her how she liked being a doctor when she finally made it home. This was a joke of course but is not far from true as her schedule and everything she has to deal with daily mirror that of a doctor. She does just about everything except the actual surgery. I took her lunch yesterday and she just got back up from the ER and had to rush to another docs office to beg, borrow or steal a strep culture as her’s were expired and the doctor ordered one as part of a battery of tests to rule things out. She and the PA were discussing how to treat the patient while Dr R was in surgery. I guess she took her down to the ER and had the doc come out and squeeze her in while her other patient was on the table (operating table) being turned for the rest of her surgery. Anyhow it’s a lot more than just payroll, taxes and managing the entire office. It’s a big job!

Today we want to go for a hike but both boys seem to have colds. They have coughs, stuffy noses and sore throats so I don’t know. I called off baseball practice yesterday (the coach was working and asked for my help) due to weather but might go to the batting cages today with 4 or 5 kids from the team. First though I’m off to Boulder to trade in a shotgun and hopefully make some money and pick up some fresh vegetables from our friend who sells them at the farmers market.

That’s about it, hope everyone has a great day, God Bless.