jenseib
Mommy to Claire
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Still Frustrated~
It's been a bit rough here since yesterday evening. 1st off Paige called me and told me she bought a new computer and was very excited. She had use our joint credit card, so she said she would be over later to give me the money so I could pay for it when it showed up in the account. (she is always very good about this). Her and 2 friends were going out to eat first. I went out to mow grass and when I came in, I saw that Paige had tried calling again, so I called back with no answer. A little later she called again and told me that her one friend who she was with had recieved a call from her dad as soon as they pulled into the restuarant parking lot and her new step mom had just been in a bad car accident. So they all rushed off to the hospital to take their friend. When they got there, She called her dad who told her that stepmom had died and to go home and he would meet her there. So they took her home, and later her boyfriend came over and took her to the hosptial again so she could be with family while they made decisions. She also found out that the 5 month old grandson had been in the car with her and died as well. So it was very sad. This lady had not only been her step mom for a few months, but origionally had been married to her moms brother, but he died 5 years ago at age 35 of a heart attack while out jogging. When her parents got divorced, her dad had started dating the Aunt and they just got married a few months ago. So this lady has been in her life since she was born.
Paige came over later, and talked about it a bit and was just very stressed.
After she left, Skip came in, and was in pain again. Alot of pain. He only slept about 3 hours last night. Which in turn, made me not sleep well because he was constantly tossing and turning and talking.
He had me drive him to the Drs today because he was in that much pain.
This Dr was practically a joke again
He told him he didn't have a hernia...which we pretty much knew. But didn't really check for anything else. He did recommend him to go to a chronic pain center for injections. We have to wait for them to call us before we can get scheduled there though.
Here is how bad he is right now..I dropped him off at the door. He spotted a wheelchair in the doorway and said he would go sit in it and wait for me to push him up to the office. So Claire and I parked and when we got to the door he was just now making it to the wheelchair. It was only about 10 steps to the door, and it took him that long to move and he was using his cane.
Also we got some blood work results back and his white cells are still high, indicating infection (still).
But no one will give him an antibiotic till they pinpoint where it is...yet no one seems to know where.
We are beyond frustrated. We don't know where to go next. Except for the pain clinic. If that doesn't help, I'm not sure where to go next.
He also talked to the nurse at the hip Dr's and she said she wouldn't suggest the injections, but at this point they aren't doing anything, so we are going ahead with it.
I keep telling Skip we should go get a second opinion from another hip Dr, but he still won't do it yet.
On top of all that, Skip is cranky from lack of sleep and pain...and he is a terrible side seat driver. He constantly was telling me how to drive. I told him he better watch out or I was gonna beat him. He said pack a lunch because I would be there awhile and he could fight me off with his cane. I told him I would just have to strike in the groin area, and either hit that sensitive man area, or his hip/groin pain area and he would be down for the count...and THEN I would take his cane and beat him with it.!
Claire of course said she would protect dad from me.
It's been a bit rough here since yesterday evening. 1st off Paige called me and told me she bought a new computer and was very excited. She had use our joint credit card, so she said she would be over later to give me the money so I could pay for it when it showed up in the account. (she is always very good about this). Her and 2 friends were going out to eat first. I went out to mow grass and when I came in, I saw that Paige had tried calling again, so I called back with no answer. A little later she called again and told me that her one friend who she was with had recieved a call from her dad as soon as they pulled into the restuarant parking lot and her new step mom had just been in a bad car accident. So they all rushed off to the hospital to take their friend. When they got there, She called her dad who told her that stepmom had died and to go home and he would meet her there. So they took her home, and later her boyfriend came over and took her to the hosptial again so she could be with family while they made decisions. She also found out that the 5 month old grandson had been in the car with her and died as well. So it was very sad. This lady had not only been her step mom for a few months, but origionally had been married to her moms brother, but he died 5 years ago at age 35 of a heart attack while out jogging. When her parents got divorced, her dad had started dating the Aunt and they just got married a few months ago. So this lady has been in her life since she was born.
Paige came over later, and talked about it a bit and was just very stressed.
After she left, Skip came in, and was in pain again. Alot of pain. He only slept about 3 hours last night. Which in turn, made me not sleep well because he was constantly tossing and turning and talking.
He had me drive him to the Drs today because he was in that much pain.
This Dr was practically a joke again
He told him he didn't have a hernia...which we pretty much knew. But didn't really check for anything else. He did recommend him to go to a chronic pain center for injections. We have to wait for them to call us before we can get scheduled there though.Here is how bad he is right now..I dropped him off at the door. He spotted a wheelchair in the doorway and said he would go sit in it and wait for me to push him up to the office. So Claire and I parked and when we got to the door he was just now making it to the wheelchair. It was only about 10 steps to the door, and it took him that long to move and he was using his cane.
Also we got some blood work results back and his white cells are still high, indicating infection (still).
But no one will give him an antibiotic till they pinpoint where it is...yet no one seems to know where.We are beyond frustrated. We don't know where to go next. Except for the pain clinic. If that doesn't help, I'm not sure where to go next.
He also talked to the nurse at the hip Dr's and she said she wouldn't suggest the injections, but at this point they aren't doing anything, so we are going ahead with it.
I keep telling Skip we should go get a second opinion from another hip Dr, but he still won't do it yet.
On top of all that, Skip is cranky from lack of sleep and pain...and he is a terrible side seat driver. He constantly was telling me how to drive. I told him he better watch out or I was gonna beat him. He said pack a lunch because I would be there awhile and he could fight me off with his cane. I told him I would just have to strike in the groin area, and either hit that sensitive man area, or his hip/groin pain area and he would be down for the count...and THEN I would take his cane and beat him with it.!
Claire of course said she would protect dad from me.
your way for Skip's recovery & that December trip !
Skip announced that this was his least favorite park. I'm not sure why. I thought we had agood time. But to this day he says he would just rather skip it.
That is NUTS! I would definitely go to another clinic and see if you can find someone. Refuse to leave until they figure it out. I had a co-worker who had to do that. She kept seeing doctor after doctor and no one was helping. She finally took a half day at work (at all of her co-workers urging!) and drove down to the Mayo Clinic (about 3 hours away) and stayed there for a few days until they figured it out! Which they DID, and she's now pain free. She had all random symptoms for years! It was something simple too, one procedure and she was done. How stressful for all of you!
That is so sad. I'm glad Paige was able to be with her friend during the whole ordeal.
