Mom had the surgery yesterday. Everything went fine. No drama, no complications. She’ll be in the hospital til at least Monday since they don’t discharge on weekends.
She’ll have to go to a rehab facility. For how long, and to what level of recovery is still unclear. It’s possible it will merely be a matter of a few weeks and she can go back to her current room at the memory care unit where she lives. Or it may turn into a much longer stint in rehab, a much more limited recovery, and a need to move her to a more specialized care situation. Guess we’ll find out.
And in totally separate news, along with a kitchen remodel (which will start end of March/early April, we’re getting gutters redone, and we just found out that it will happen starting tomorrow, to be finished by Mon/Tues.
Ugh. I fucking hate the Kafka-esque nightmare of our healthcare system.
I can tell you that you are likely eligible to switch to an ACA plan, which may or may not be cheaper / cover more than the work plan, but it’s certainly worth a look. Depending on your state / income, you might get decent discounts.
I’d launch into a full on rant about here, but I’m fairly certain it would be nothing new.
I was doing some yard work this afternoon and one of my neighbors (couple of doors down) approached me and asked if I could help him change a light bulb.
Initially, I was confused but he explained it was an exterior light on the front of his garage (center) and his wife won’t let him climb a ladder any more. I said “Sure” and grabbed my 10 foot “A” frame ladder and headed to his house.
I set up the ladder, went up, unscrewed the old bulb and screwed in some fancy new LED bulb that put out a lot more light with a lot less wattage.
When I got down he wanted to pay me, but I refused – we went back and forth and finally he said “How about a pack of bacon??”
Of course I said “Yes, that I will take.”
He laughed and said “All guys love bacon!!”
So, today I screwed in a light bulb and earned a pack a bacon!
After I came home, I started thinking… What happens when his wife goes into the freezer looking for that bacon.
Wife: “Honey, Do you know what happened to the bacon I bought the other day, I swear it was right here in the freezer”
Husband: “Yea, I gave it to Dan for changing that garage light bulb”
Wife: “Huh??”
Yep!! I’m going use that bacon to make a bacon and onion quiche. In addition to being dinner for the three of us, there will be an extra piece that I’ll heat up with extra cheese (on top) for Neighbor #2 (for lunch).
On the phone and chat with Insurance for two hours. An hour on the phone with doctor back and forth. No solutions yet. My frustration makes this extra difficult.
