Phone-pa-llooza
Today began with a list of places to call. I’ve learned over the past few years to call immediately on any medical slash school thing. When Hannah’s in the hospital with no definite date of coming out, I have to pass the life of Limbo on.
The first order of the day was scheduling Hannah’s follow up ultrasound and appointment. This was easier than usual; I already had a nurse scheduled on that day. I then told the receptionist to fax me the request for the ultrasound because no matter how many times they call and fax the diagnostic center, that information is usually totally lost. Instead of asking me about it I end up in an endless queue.
Next was the government school program Hannah is in. Summer session starts tomorrow. We had everything set up for twice a week and we received a call that they need another planning session to discuss the two days a week. Hmmm this will play havoc with my nursing schedule. The number I had was disconnected. Finding the number became problematic. I spent about a half-hour going over our Dex guide and could not find the government section. The part labeled government and business was all commercial businesses. If I wanted box seating for a play I could find that chart, but local government numbers nope.
Frustrated I called our family friends who are in the middle of moving and mentioned the problem I was having. They suggested using Yahoo.
I called Hannah’s physical therapy office and got her reinstated on their schedule. They could fit her in today. Wow!
I tried Yahoo. I got an agency with a similar name but they deal with juvenile delinquents. They were helpful though and looked it up through their Government database and gave me a usable number. Yay! I got the answer machine of someone, who should have some idea of what I’m talking about and left them a detailed yet brief message. Then I needed to call the transportation department for Hannah’s bus and they thankfully left their number. I confirmed she was out of the hospital and would be starting school next week instead of tomorrow.
I then called our nursing agency. We have been in touch through the whole hospitalization, I tried to let them know as soon as I knew if we not coming home. So they could let the nurses scheduled at our house know. Well since, we were not home for a week I thought we might have some left over nursing hours we could reapply to the rest of the month. In the politics of government healthcare there has come a little puzzle. There has been a cost of living increase raise to the hourly pay for nurses, which is wonderful I think they haven’t had one in at least 3 to 5 years. The problem is the budget for the nursing hours has not risen either so there is not enough money to support everyone at the new rate. Needless to say we will probably not get to reapply nursing shifts missed. Oh well.
I still need to call my Dad and my Mother and give them heads up but the children had enough Mommy on the phone time.
Tomorrow is another day.
--Mom
