I saw the lady NP that I dislike. She started out I see your here as an ER follow up visit. I want you to know that I reviewed the EKG and labs from the hospital. Then she paused and said strike that. I reviewed your labs and x-ray, ah that sounded better. She examined me and said that this is a virus and my lungs are clear. I’m telling you I think she has a hearing problem. There is no way my lungs are clear with all of the crap I have been bringing up. She suggested flushing my sinuses with a pressurized sinus spray that you can buy OTC. Yeah okay thanks for that. I needed an updated note and she has me going back on Wednesday. That will give me a little more time to rest up and hopefully get over the fatigued part and who knows maybe my coughing will stop by then.
I have to file FMLA and STD (Short Term Disability), so that means my doctor has to fill out some paperwork. I am also waiting for a call from an insurance provider for the disability. That should be a fun call.
I am pleased that I get additional time to rest up but I really want to go back to work. Shit is piling up deep and even though I’m not supposed to worry about it, I kind of am. However, there isn’t anything I can do about it until I return to work. If Wednesday comes and I don’t feel up to going to work I will have to go back to the doctor. My doc is booked up until the end of the month so guess who I will wind up seeing. Yeah Ms. Personality. I really want to avoid that at all costs.
So now I wait for the time to pass, wait to see how my body heals and go from there. It’s truly 1 day at a time. I wanted to stop for soup at Olive Garden but I talked myself out of that and came straight home. I had a Chicken Pot Pie for supper which was nice. I will be going out tomorrow and trying to go back to as much of a normal weekend routine as I can.
After all of this commotion today I was tired. I went to lay down on my bed and Momma let me sleep for an hour and then she started crowing and wouldn’t let me sleep any longer. I don’t know why because it’s not like I have anything on the agenda. I think she just wanted attention. Daytime TV sucks. Unless you want to watch talk shows or old 70’s/80’s shows there really isn’t anything else on.
Everyone is still looking for Ruth, they don’t quite yet understand that she isn’t here. It’s heart breaking to see them sitting at the top of the stairs just waiting on her to come up. I think me staying home and her passing really has everyone thrown for a loop. Hard to believe it will be 1 week tomorrow that she left us. No word on her cremains but I will be following up. I did find an urn for her last night it matches the others and I ordered an engraved brass plaque. The urn will be here tomorrow and the plaque won’t be here until next week or the week after. I’m trying to save money but honestly don’t think I saved that much by using the approach I did. However, nothing ventured nothing gained. I really can’t say for certain how expensive this is/was until I know the cost for getting her cremains back. I still miss her very much. It hurts but not nearly as bad as last week. I can’t bring myself to wear my sweat pants where she was sleeping, I almost don’t want to disturb anything. No one will sleep in the pet beds she liked. It’s still hard for me to fathom that I am down to 3 cats. At the high point it was 7 and now it’s only 3. That’s 4 cats gone and only 1 of them passed on their own.
I guess that is enough depression for the day. Time to hike backup stairs and see how the furry kids are as well as what I can find to watch on TV. What a week. I am thankful that I won’t loose but 2 days pay over this absence but I am sure that will be noticeable. I just pray I can make it until the 1st of the year without getting sick and without having another need for time off.
Have a great weekend!
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