I've always wanted to say that! The last few days for Colby and me have been some good, some bad. This past Saturday, Dad and I took Colby to the Henryville parade. I loved it, and when I asked Colby yes/no if he liked it, he looked straight at my yes hand. Good boy. Believe it or not, that was Colby's first real outing all summer. We didn't get home from the hospital until the end of June. There's no way Colby can get outside when it's as hot, humid and miserable as it had been in July. The weather for the parade was perfect. Very sunny though, and I had a hat on Colby and totally greased him down with sunscreen. For me, the highlight of the parade was seeing a big green tractor being driven by a big yellow rooster. Now that's entertainment! Then we stopped at the Moose, had lunch and walked around the car show. As soon as we got there, Colby had a choking episode. That's always a blast to deal with, but we handled it and went right back out to looking at the cars. Even though that happened, it was a wonderful day, and I'm so glad we took Colby up to H-ville. It was great just to get him out of this apartment.
Sunday was our lazy day, and I do mean we were lazy. I did laundry and other than that, we hardly moved from the couch. Monday was TCM, yep, another trach change. I wasn't even nervous this time. It's been a hard week for me in that I've been arguing with various individuals. Believe me, I really don't want to fight. I have many other ways I could spend my time and energy. Got into it with the ex. I guess that's going to happen from time to time. As the saying goes, there's a reason (or many in this case) why he's the ex. Tuesday went out to dinner with my BFF Joni. She was good, had diet Coke and a salad. Me, not so much. Applebee's shrimp fettuccine and white peach sangria, can you say super-duper yummy! Went to Kroger to pick up 3 things for Colby, 1 refill prescription, 1 new prescription, sterile water to clean his trach. Walked out with none of the above. They tried to say insurance said Colby's Zyrtec wasn't to be refilled until September some time. That's total bullshit, it's due now. I wasn't in the mood, so I just bought it over the counter. Colby's pulmonologist put in a prescription for Robinol. Don't know if I want to use it on Colby or not, which is good because the pharmacy says now it has to be approved by insurance. Also, I had asked the pharmacy to order some sterile water. I want to use it to clean Colby's trachs. Yes, I know you don't have to have sterile water, just wanted to try it. So yes they ordered it, and yes, it was there. But could I get it, no, because you need a prescription. Are you flippin kidding me?! A prescription, for WATER?! Good times at Kroger, gooooood times.
The Apria drama continues. I thought we were moving in a forward direction, but it's the old 1 step forward, 17 steps back scenario. You don't even want to know the things I said to the customer service rep and the manager when I called to check the status of Colby's latest order. Poof, they had no record of Colby's order. Like it vanished into thin air. Oh hell no I'm not putting up with this crap. So in the future, I'll be e-mailing Colby's supply order to a specific person who is in charge of his account. That way I'll have a better paper trail. You just have no idea how freakin' pissed I was after that mess yesterday. The day started out great. Worked at the hospital. Had no screw-ups, didn't break any machines. Then I had to deal with the Apria clusterfuck. Will it ever end?
I'd better get going. I'm sure my artichokes are done draining by now. Wine Night is here tomorrow night and I want to get a head start on snack making.
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