Johnny Goes To the Doctor

Doctor appointment day. The words make me cringe on the inside. Flashbacks of the last doctor appointment day swim around with all of the other stuff in my head. Will the ride show? Will they be on time? Will we get there on time? How much trouble is it going to be to get a stretcher in that tight office space? Just a few of the questions running through my head as I tried to sleep last night. Needless to say, I didn't sleep well. To make matters worse, he got sick around 4 am and I had to get up and clean him and the bed. So much for 3 more hours of sleep.

7:00am Got out of the bed after lying there staring at the ceiling for hours. Puttin around trying to get things together so I won't forget anything. It's like traveling with a newborn again. Everything except the kitchen sink goes with us.

7:30am Aide arrives to help get him ready. I take a quick shower. Turn off his tube feeding. Get a blood sugar, give him insulin, she feeds him cereal. We wait.....and wait.....and wait.

9:20am Transportation arrives! Only 20 minutes late. I'm on the phone with the logistics company as they pull up in front of our home. Off we go.

9:50am We arrive. Appointment is at 10:30..not 10am as I thought. So we wait....They call us back early...at 10:20am. YAY! Appointment goes well. Doctor is pleased with his progress even though there is little progress. But a half a loaf of bread is better than none my husband used to say.

Appointment over we head back to the hallway to wait for the transportation folks to come get us. We have to go home before we go over across the street for his 2nd appointment of the day. I didn't get it either. We were right there and had to come all the way home and go back. Rules. Whose rules? I have no idea. Governmental, no doubt. LOL!

I clean him up and we wait. Transportation arrives and we're off to the 2nd appointment. We waited for 45 minutes to be seen. Nice physician's assistant. Explained everything to the nth degree. He will have to get his dialysis access moved to a better location. The current one leaves him open to infection and in his state it's best to minimize those as much as possible. Agreed. Signed the consent. Off we go home.

All in all things went well especially if you compare to the last appointment. We are both pooped. I eat and take a short nap. He takes a few bites of lunch. Snoozes. He stays up until 10pm. Not awake, just in the chair. He's in bed. Resting. Finally peace and quiet.

We're off to be interviewed for the public transit's handi-ride program on Wednesday. Oh joy! Hopefully this will allow him to go to church when he feels like it or go to some of the family things.

Until next time. Let's hope this calm remains for a while.