One Too Many Doctor Visits!

In the two Dorrell households and the Proctor household there, at this point, have been six medical "appointments"...five were planned. The sixth just happened a few minutes ago in Melany's household. Wade's mother just fell...the ambulance has come to pick her up and the rest of the household is just waiting to find out what injury/ies she might have. She is at the hospital and they have made her comfortable and she isn't in pain. They are waiting for a doctor to examine her and order X-rays. She was in the midst of getting ready to move into an assisted living residence on Monday. I have a feeling that her move may be put on hold. Al this just goes to show us that we just don't know from one moment to the next what is going to happen in our lives. This morning Woody had an appointment with TN Oncology for labs only today. They made him stay since they were concerned with his red blood count. Well, for Woody, his count was up quite a bit from the last time...so that was good. When he got home, Isaac and Joseph were here. They stayed here while the rest of the family went in various directions. They came over with a packed lunch and their "screens!" They did do screens for a while, but then made their way into the toy closet and had quite a good time with the pirate ship and pirate island and several other toys. They hardly ever get into the toy closet these days so it was a "good thing" to entertain them during their stay over here. While they played quietly in the living room, Woody and I waited for a call from Dr. O, Woody's Nephrologist. We managed to answer the borrowed phone (not used to iPhones) and get the link clicked on to make a video appointment happen. This time Dr. O did talk to Woody. On the other two phone appointments that Woody has had a nurse practitioner talked with him. Woody is getting quite close to dialysis and the doctor wants him to have the catheter placed in his abdomen. Getting this procedure done doesn't mean that he will start dialysis immediately, but he will just be prepared for when the inevitable happens. The doctor was going to check the labs that Woody had done this morning and then compare to last week's labs and make some decisions from there. I guess we will be hearing about an appointment to have the outpatient procedure done. The doctor who will do that procedure, I taught at Montessori many years ago—small town living! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!