Thursday May 24, 2018 time: late or early, whatever way you look at it
At noon Sydney's case worker came by and met with him for about an hour. She didn't bring her phone in and she must have gotten the message that I was not happy with her staying on her phone. He is to work on cleaning his room and again, it was suggested that he keep a journal of some kind to help him remember things and to reflect upon as he gets older. We discussed how lessons are learned not just by school but by also making mistakes, aka: school of hard knocks. Hopefully the pop-up thunder showers will calm down long enough for Sydney to mow the yard. Too much work for summer, I know.
I laid down for a nap after his case worker left and slept 7 hours!!! I know my body is healing but geeeeez Louise. And no medication was involved. So I got up and washed dishes in the sink from the ham and beans I had made and was on warm in the pressure cooker, Sydney likes them and uses several bowls with several trips. Swept the floors, and did some entries on FaG and Arkansasgraves.org.. My swelling is starting to recede on the front of my neck and swallowing is becoming somewhat easier, but I still have to take my calcium citrate in half- horse pills. Just because swelling is down doesn't mean that the pain has gone away. I feel a "catch" in my left side like before but am hoping once again that when the swelling goes down some more that it will diminish. I know that doc said there is only a 60% chance of full recovery and my bones are bad enough to lower that rate. I had gotten a call from an expected traveling nurse who goes to patients and gives them bone growth stimulator machines https://www.spineuniverse.com/resource-center/bone-growth-stimulation/patient-guide-bone-growth-stimulationonce their insurance approves of the device. I had never heard of such a thing and from the looks of them it reminds me of my tenz machine. She said she should hear back from BC/BS by Monday, I was to wear it for 4 hours a day, and it was mine to keep. Whatever, ok. I'm about sure I may need for future use (C4). I haven't heard back today from Physical Therapy and there were no messages showing that I slept through a call either. I have a feeling next week will be busy for me.
