Wow, it has been a crazy week and all I can say is TGIF, there is a lot going on but I will have to catch up on my blog hopefully this afternoon. I am so looking forward to this three day weekend, it is rainy but hey, I will take rain over heat ANY day! We are going to take the monkey to Gatti-land tonight, he deserves it he has had to endure lots of waiting room time this week because Momo and my sister had appointments we took them to. The weather is wet, my hair is frizzy but It is Friday… woo hoo!!!
Momo had her appt. with the cardiologist, since her diabetes had been so out of control her endocrinologist wanted a full cardio eval to make sure she hasn’t had damage to her heart, we have been waiting and waiting to get into this doctor. I have been through two other doctors and referrals out the wazoo to get Medicare to find her a cardio doctor… Momo has had dizziness, itching and pressure on her heart so it needs to get done. I get there at ten and she says our appointment was at 9… um, I have a letter that says 10 (which I produce), receptionist: “that was the first one, you rescheduled and this one is at nine” (That’s when I remembered I did reschedule bc my sister was having surgery and I was driving her… jeez) So I do the appropriate thing, I play dumb and start sucking up telling her we came ALL the way from Seguin, she hands me the paperwork and tells me we are now a “work in” (praise the Lord!) I was totally not on my game yesterday because I usually have new Doctors send me the new patient paper work to fill out ahead of time, so it took me forever to fill it out and turn it in so we could get back there… We finally get called and we are sitting there waiting for the nurse to complete the paperwork and she asks Momo, what are you seeing the doctor for today. Her reply…”I don’t know” …. I was like WT? Are you kidding me? Me: Excuse me, nurse, we are here today because her sugar has been out of control and Dr. Cruz would like to have a full cardiac eval to ensure there has been no damage to her heart… she ignores me, but writes on her pad (rude!) Nurse to Momo: Have you had any itching…? Momo: No, not really… (WHAT!), any Dizziness… Momo: No (OMG) heart pain? Momo: No…none (!@*#!!)... Me: EXCUSE me, but (me looking at momo with the I am going to ring your neck look) You have certainly had itching, you hadn’t been able to stand the itching and we had to take you to the dermatologist… REMEMBER.. and you are always saying you can’t keep your balance because you feel dizzy and like you are going to fall and you have been telling us you have felt cramping in your heart and feel like you’re going to have a heart attack…not to mention your headaches. Momo: oh yeah, I forgot… (Lord, just take me now) Nurse: any headaches (who was I just talking to the wall) Momo: not really (hello! Is anyone listening to me!!!!)… EKG came back abnormal (really… you think?) The nurse leaves the room, Me: MOMO! How can you tell her no to all those things… You know darn well Dr. Cruz said you can have a heart attack at any time with your sugar as high as it is! Momo: I just forgot.
You see… THIS is why I have to go with the Momo and Mom to the Doctors appointments. Yaw, on one of my Mom’s visits she asked the Doctor when she could drive again and he told her maybe in a few months… WHAT!!! So I had to follow him out of the office and tell him “ Um, do you realize she has Dementia with indicators for Alzheimer’s? Do you realize you just told her she will be able to drive again, are you seriously not thinking! The Doctor looks at me… Me: I have told your office to request her files from her Neurologist and Neurosurgeon months ago, have you reviewed those?, have you read the diagnosis..? He looks in the file, they are not there (really?)… You need to go in there and tell her you were wrong, get those files and read where she is at in her treatment… (I had to have my Xanax refilled that day LOL)…. We leave the office and Mom looks at me and tells me, “Next time you won’t have to take off work Mija I will probably be able to drive myself”…. (really?)
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