This is about the first weekend or for that matter, the first day, we can both relax. It won’t be full on rest though as we found out late last night Dixie had been taken by ambulance to ER. Lori finally managed to get in touch with her and she seems ok but needed to stay the night. It seems even though her cardiologist put her back on her medication last Monday, she hasn’t started it yet as she hasn’t been able to get into the Cumiden Clinic to monitor her. Bureaucracy at its best. Â I told Lori last night, we need to just go get her. If she’s on oxygen, it doesn’t seem to matter if she’s here or there. We’ll talk to the doctor on Monday to verify and know more. Lori was going to try to go this morning and come back tomorrow but there were no flights. So, as I said, our anticipated night of relaxation was interrupted with a bang.
Jag’s friend Zach spent the night and the boys need to be at school by about noon for a 1 o’clock game. They all (the whole school) skied yesterday until about 3 pm. I managed to get in and out of town in good time and was home by about 2:15 including a stop for groceries. There was a big hunk of ice hanging under my back rear fender which I kicked off and when doing so, kicked the little wires that connect to the drivers side rear tail lights and disconnected them. So, on Monday, snow permitting, I’m off to the dealer in Denver early to get the lights fixed as I can’t leave Lori with a car with no blinker or brake lights when I’m gone next week, ugh.
It’s sunny out now and I think is going to be that way all day. We need to call the hospital and check on Dixie and Lori’s on the phone right now with Annette. Then, if she’s ok, we need to have someone pick her up and take her home. Hope she got some sleep. She had a bad cough and cold and said she couldn’t find her words so we’re not sure what’s going on. They did chest xrays and labs so we’ll see what’s up. She needs to get on her meds. It’s super frustrating as one doctor doesn’t talk to another. Mark my words, you have to 100% take charge of your own care, especially when you get older, and demand that the doctors and such do certain things. For example, Lori told the nurse in ER, “I want it on the record that she not be released until you notify me”. When you say certain things, they have to, by law, do certain things. Otherwise they do what they want to do and while most are good people in the medical profession, you’re basically just a number on a chart. Oh well, the motto here is, stay out of the hospital and stay healthy! God Bless.