READ ON, IT'S ALL GOOD

Greetings fellow blog readers. We're having a fantabulous week. The scoop is as follows:

The comedy night benefit was a great success if you ask me. THANK YOU to all attendees and to anyone who donated. Bless his heart, Dad drove over to pick us up. We drove aaaaaaaaaall the way around the Watterson to get to the Sherman Minton to get to Indiana. His idea. Actually it was a good idea, we hit no traffic. We stayed at the Moose for a little over an hour. Had to leave and get home to meet the night nurse at 9:00. It was great to see friends we haven't seen in forever. Also, a big THANK YOU to Mike Armstrong; he is one goofy, funny dude. I loved his act and was kind of bummed we couldn't stay for the whole thing. The benefit raised over $2700 dollars for Colby and me. Time to start van shopping! We'll take this money, along with other money from past fundraisers that I've been saving, and put a big, fat down payment on a newer/nicer van with a different kind of lift and more head clearance. When getting Colby in the van, if you don't lean him all the way back in his power chair, his head scrapes the doorway. That's no good!

We're having Colby's b-day party in the same room as the benefit this weekend. It was hot, stupid hot, really bad hot in there. Maybe it was because there were a lot of people there (smiley face) or maybe because it was 152 degrees outside. Regardless, we're going to have to do something about that. Getting together some fans for Sunday. So, if you're coming to Colby's party on Sunday and you have a fan we can use, seriously, please bring it. Much appreciated.

Another piece of goodness comes from Apria. Can you believe I just wrote that?! Good news from Apria?! You know how much trouble I've had with them in the past but not this week. They sent out an RT to meet with me, at my suggestion, to figure out some way to streamline and/or make getting Colby's equipment and supplies not such a giant pain in my ass. I was ready to open a can of whoop ass on the RT. First time I asked her something about Colby's account and she didn't know, I was going to rip off her head and crap down her neck. But dangit, she was really nice, and she was prepared for the meeting. I was all prepared to let my bitchiness fly, but I just couldn't do it. So we're working together to collect info, make a spreadsheet for ordering, etc. There's just too much stuff to keep track of not to have a system.

Then the next day the Apria RT called to let me know insurance has approved Colby's IPV machine! OMGosh, she's like my BFF now! I just knew insurance would deny the 1st and maybe even 2nd request for the machine, and I have no problem being wrong this time. Not sure when it'll be in, but it would seem soon. That's really awesome news.

Getting geared up for Colby's birthday party of course. Seriously, can you believe that kid is turning 10? The big 1-0. Double digits. A decade. Every time I think about it, I swell up with pride. After all he's been through, what a reason to celebrate. So proud of my sweet boy. Can't wait for family and friends to come to his party and oooo and aaaah over him, tell him how big he's getting (he really is on a growing spurt I think), tell him how handsome and brave he is. He deserves every last drop of love and attention he's going to get!

Off to bed now. Busy couple of days coming up. Later, taters.