I’m back…well, for at least an hour!

So, I started my day by phoning my home health care nurse company to request another nurse and ask for some consistency and reliability. If there is one thing I learned about all this healthcare “stuff”,  you have to be your own advocate. When you don’t have a voice, you must have family make the team effort for you to be heard! My cousin Jamie took a lot of time to explain in details the hierarchy of hospitals, nurse care, compliance checklists, doctor care and more! I am so lucky that he is an expert! He explained everything I needed to know at great length prior to my surgery and without this valuable information, I would have been “poisoned” (seriously) or had a different outcome. My team was geared up, but things cannot be avoided. There always has to be ONE. You know, the “Debby Downer of Nursing care” or a person who used to be a meat packer and now is a nurse? So, my problem with home health care was solved by 10am.  I phoned the hospital’s patient affair’s to explain my “butcher/meat packer” nurse encounter which happened in pre-op.  Hospital will address this and takes this very seriously, resolved by 10:30am. (Thank goodness since I had to explain with great details that my right hand is still swollen from the “stabbing” inflicted by the meat packer. ) The extra fun came when my insurance called to check if I was: stressed, anxious, or scared? I had to tell them that after my “run” around my neighborhood with this glorious California weather, I could only be hopeful, thankful, and happy. Little did they know that I only “ran” to the 5 houses down the street and it took 45 minutes?! I “raced” my Dad and won?? I think he let me win like the good ole’ days? So, by noon I was exhausted and ready for a nap before Alex came home. We have a busy day back to UCLA tomorrow, so my “running” is over for today.