CATH LAB AND SEMI ANNUAL SALE

I forgot to talk a little about my Monday.

I knew on Sunday afternoon that they were going to do another catherization on my brother on Monday morning but no one could tell me what time. So I assumed that it would be first thing in the morning so I planned to get there about 7:30 am. So I got there early and then couldn't figure out whether I should go to the cath lab first or to his room. I went to the cath lab and there was no one there. I saw one of those little desk bell thingys you hit if you need service like in a small grocery store, but I though how annoying that must be. So I had to walk all the way to other end of the hospital to his room and guess what, he was already gone to the cath lab. So back I went. This time I rang the bell and one of the nurses came out from the recovery room and said that he was almost done so I waited. He was finished at 9. I went up to his room with him and the nurses said that he was be able to go home about lunch time. So I went to my office and told them I would stay for a bit and then i would be leaving for the day. They were not too happy about that but hey, its my brother.

So we left the hospital about 12:30 and we went to have a nice lunch something other than hospital food for a change. He had to stay with someone for 24 hours just in case the artery where they inserted the cath tube decide not to hold. Chances were very slim that this would happen but we had to be cautious. We stopped by his apartment to pick up his laundry so I could do that while he was with me then to the pharmacy to get his new prescriptions. The doctor put him on a drug they have not tried before for pulmonary hypertension. Well the pharmacy could not fill the prescription without prior approval from his insurance company because the new drug would cost $3,000.00. But, he needed to start taking it right away and it would take about three days to get approval, so he called the doctor's office and they told him to come to their office and they would give him a script for three days instead of 90 days to start with. So back to the doctor's office which was back at the location of the hospital. We finally arrived at my house at four. Now I have to think of something to cook for dinner for everyone. My husband had a brilliant idea, lets order BBQ from take out. So we ended up with ribs and pulled port, cole slaw and mac and cheese, such a health dinner for someone who just came out of the hospital. He is in for a rude awakening when the visiting nurse comes to see him and gets him on a nutritional diet. I could not get my brother to stay the night, he just wanted to go home to his own bed. So he promised to keep in touch throughout the evening and first thing in the morning.

My daughter on the other hand had to do an overnight floor set at her store. A semi annual sale event started today and store had to be set up for the sale. She was scheduled to work from 5 pm to 2 am, with the understand that they would probably be there until 5 am. I fell asleep early last night and work up with a start at 2:40 am and my first thought was I did not hear from her that she was home. So I texted her to see if she was still at work. She texted me back and said yes she was still there but things were going great. The next thing I new it was 5 am and she was called to say she was home.