Love of the Family

A lot of credit for my feeling better has to go out to my family.

Everyone took time off of their work to be apart of the Stanford Emergency support team for me. This was really appreciated. I know it was boring to sit and wait for the next shoe to drop. It took commitment from everyone. Stanford is not particularly close to Morgan Hill. And it is not very close to Los Gatos either. And the lobby is not a very comfortable place to be.

My girls did a yeoman job of organizing and my sister mentally advocated with Linzi to the point where the nurse practitioner was happy to see me go. They pushed so that I would get the best possible anti biotic. The national disease control was called to get the proper one. I don't think that this would have been possible without the push these two woman engaged. Its a good thing that they aren't in business together because I believe that there isn't a thing that the Brown women cannot accomplish.. lord help you if you get in their way. Kelly was right there too. She knew would would all be hungry. To keep the troops fed kept the pressure on.

Stanford emergency is not a very comfortable place to be. I am sure that some of that is by design. I was a little lost in the game plan. Without advocates I wouldn't know what to do.

Dad and Bob were great company and kept my spirits up high. The balloons from Mikie and Bob were great. I was the only one that was honored in that way. Mom brought some flowers that were very fragrant. We left them to the delight of the nurses station.

The last week has been one of rest. I am really able to feel some strength today. I went to the Dr. office to get my blood taken again. I caught the Dr. between patience and filled him in on the events.

He also signed a refill for my meds. The 75 dollar pills that I take twice daily. I asked the pharmacy people if the insurance would cover it before I submitted. They said sure. The bottle was worth $1,045. It should take care of me for another week. I am scheduled to see him in a week.

I also got the car filled with gas and washed. The medical supply place replaced all of my Cpap materials..air filter, hose, mask, couple of cushions.. So am reset for another 3 months.

It was sure nice to see Heather. Lindsay had to go at the same time that Heather was coming in to Morgan Hill. It was really nice of Bob to do some transport to get the girls where they needed to access the public transportation.

Last weekend Acacia got really sick again and they had to hit the 5 to San Diego. They got her lined up with new pills and she is doing better too. I am sure the BrownKorbels feel like medical angels... they are.

Here is hoping that if you get sick you have a family like mine that will rally around your needs!

Love
Pat