Gawd life is never dull around my house!!!!!! This past two weeks have been totally insane I swear! Is it too much to ask for peace and quiet on a continuous basis lol? Not in my lifetime!
DD has had some terrible issues with her teeth due to no insurance so like the rest of us we kinda put off hitting the dentist. She had several trips to the ER with severe pain but was not able to find a dentist willing to help out unless you have bookoo bucks up front! This of course is the same predicament her dad and I are both in and caused me to write a letter to our local newspaper's readers forum entitled SHAME ON YOU DENTISTS OF OUR TOWN or something to that extent. I lambasted them for being so greedy that they cannot donate a few hours every month to the local clinic like the doctors do! They have been unable to get any dentists willing to help out and to me that is sad sad sad..the Dr's can do it so what is wrong with the dentists?They think they are too good for this or what? THere are way too many people like me whose dental health is directly related to their physical health but health insurance does not cover dental duh! On limited or non exsistant incomes what is one to do? I can't draw blood from a turnip ya know!
Ok here it comes..ROUND ONE! DING DING DING!
At any rate on her last er visit they recommended her going to Pittsburgh to the Dental school clinic and we were told it was low cost if not free so she called and made appointments not only for herself but for me, her dad and her other half. We loaded up the car Friday morning early and headed off on the two hour drive. Half way there she said pull over and stop now dad..just pull over to which he did and she immediately proceeded to lose the contents of her tummy all over herself and car door as it didn't open fast enough bless her heart. Apparently she took a reaction to the meds they gave her at the ER the night before. My heart ached for her watching the misery she was in. Mind you she can drive me batty at times but she is still my little girl and seeing her so miserable tears me apart! For once in his life hubby was patient and didn't get all huffy with her for throwing up all over the car door and even got her out one of his sacred sweatshirts for her to change into...wonders will never cease lol. We got her resituated and stopped at the local dollar general and grabbed some paper towels, garbage bags and a big bottle of Febreze..don't think I need to explain further on that part!
We finally got to the dental school with no problems and even got a super dooper parking spot in the parking garage across the street on the same level as the street and with my handicap sticker it was a prime spot that I did not have to struggle to cross the street! We entered a lovely building and all of us had to hit the bathroom first of course lol. I was the first one to make it to the receptionist window and proceeded to try to sign in when they asked me for all of us to pay up front to the tune of 120.00! I about choaked and went into " Excuse ME! that is not what we were told" conversation as we called not once but twice to verify cost etc long before we went down there! DD and DH came out and I let it in their hands as I was livid by then. Not one person admitted they told us that nor apparently believed anyone would tell us that and got rather rude! The rest of the family got mad and walked out but me in my blithering fog wandered over to another window to at least get my parking validated and one of the nicer gals came out and grabbed me and gave me some info she said she thought we could use about Catholic Charities opening a new dental clinic that is absolutely free if you qualify. She at least cared enough to try but our trip there was all in vain and we came home with dd in worse shape than when we left! She did call CC and went thru all the info on her cell phone while we were driving back home so we figured by Monday we could start again and figure a day out to go back to pittsburgh for the day yet again...
Now you would think this would end here yes? NOOOOOOOOO not in my family life hahaha.
DING DING DING --ROUND TWO
Saturday dawned and I could barely walk and dh was having issues as well and we all decided to wait until Sunday to have cake and ice cream for our "Cat" who had her birthday last week. Loving child that she is she said wait til you feel okay Nana and Pappy Dog (as she calls her grandpa!). Saturday kinda just passed in a blur and Sunday dawned. We ran for ice cream that we knew she loves and headed to their house. I got up to the top of the steps, walked in the door and took one look at my daughter and had no clue who she even was!!!!!!!!!!!! If you have ever seen The Grinch stories she looked like Cindy Lu Who! Her face and lips were so swollen and distorted I did not recognize my own child!!!!! SHe had been to the ER yet again and they gave her more antibiotics, did a ct scan that showed multiple small abcesses up into her sinuses and was in agony. At this juncture this mom had had it! I called the local oral surgeon and they tried to tell us to wait and call Monday and i hit the roof and told them to find him and i wanted called back immediately or i was calling the local tv and newspapers to tell them just what greedy dental care we have here! Well not in those exact words but you get the point lol. The upshot was he did call me back within 4 minutes and while he himmed and hawed about payment he agreed to see her first thing in the am and would work out payments for her. I went with her first thing monday am and when he first came in i was not impressed with his manner but then i watched a sudden softening in him when he saw her and how much pain she was in. He graciously agreed to cutting his prices tremendously and did not charge her for a special film he needed and agreed to payments. Faith is restored in at least this dentist now lol. He put her out cold and extracted several severe abcessed teeth and said she will have to have more later but this will take care of the problems she is having now. She could not be left alone nor drive so brought her home with me for the day and her honey had a chance at some extra hours so just had him leave her here. Her daddy was going to work anyway so she may as well stay here with me where at least if she needed something I could help to some degree rather than have her home alone.
She did sleep once I got her the pain meds and some chicken broth into her tummy but by 8 I felt like I had been hit with a bus emotionally and physically. Having Lupus and the other ills i have stress of any type causes extreme pain for me but had tried my best to ignore the worst of it since Friday but think it caught up finally and I keeled over out cold by the time her other half picked her up.
I was suddenly awakened Tues am at about 7 by DH who said please get up I got hurt at work and I need to go to the ER!
DING DING DING can you hear it ROUND 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The upshot was we spent til about noon at the ER and while it rulled out a blood clot he either pulled or tore a muscle/Tendon his leg and can't walk! He is off work at least a week if not more and starts with the local work comp dr tomorrow morning! He cannot use the steps and he sounds like he is in labor when he tries to walk. He does have ahigh pain tolerance so I know he really is hurting but after the past few days I am out of patience with all of them sorry. I have secluded myself to the bedroom by choice lol..I check on him every so often but other than that I am just done at least for now.
I am totally wrung out and feel like a wet dishrag and am not functioning for chit. I know they need me yes but right now i don't have anything more I can give til I can revive myself sigh. I this will pass...it always does but I needed to vent folks so guess what ..ya all are my recepients lol.
Keep saying to self..The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow!
and turning to snow
and bitter cold with high winds. These old bones of mine HATE this time of year! Seems like all of us from little JT thru Royboy have the stomach flu these past two weeks. So far I am not suffering ill effects tho Roy is down with it pretty bad today and had to call him off work!
