WHEELCHAIR WOES FIXED? Hopefully

Waking up at 4:15 is not how I like to roll. Getting up at 5am is definitely not how Colby likes to roll, either. But we did it. Did an up and back trip to Cincinnati Childrens today. Fingers crossed, I think we have solved the wheelchair head piece dilemma. Colby tried a Savant head piece, and we were all pleased with the fit and support it offers Colby. So NuMotion will order the Savant and return the Stealth. Same old blah-blah. Papers have to be signed by a doctor. Paperwork has to be submitted to insurance for approval. I'm not sure how long it will be before we get the new head piece. The guy from NuMotion said well, you can pay for it out of pocket and you'll get it much faster. I gave him the look of death and said yeah, right. Price is roughly $550. Think we'll just wait for insurance or Medicaid approval, thank you very much.

Then we went aaaaaaaaall the way to the opposite end of the hospital so Colby could get labs drawn. I told that bimbo to call for the Vascular Access Team, but noooooo, she said she could access Colby, no problem. And do you think she accessed him? No. She got one chance. After she couldn't do it, I was furious. But I had on my big girl panties and calmly asked her to page VAT to do the blood work. VAT brings an ultrasound machine so it's much easier to get access on someone like Colby. Long story longer, the blood work is done. The neurologist also ordered tests that require a urine sample. We tried to collect it while at the hospital today, but that was a no go. So I'll have to get an order from the neurologist and find somewhere to take a sample for testing this week. I get to have all the fun, huh?

I have big news. Really big, super big news. I'm getting another cell phone. That's right, the time has come for me to put my iPhone 4 out of commission. A friend of mine gave me that phone over 3 years ago. It's been real and it's been fun, but that phone has to go. I don't know whether to laugh or cry at how very slow it runs. I can't download apps on it. Often it tells me I have no more storage. I could go on and on about the issues of having a phone that old. Well, we'll see. I'm very technology stupid. I'll probably get intimidated and chicken out in the next couple days. But as of right now, I'm doing it!

Time for The Good Doctor. Must go. More updating soon.