Wish us all luck - tomorrow is one of those "just survive the day" kind of days.
We have a long, stressful day scheduled at the Children's hospital. In the a.m. is Joan's first physio appointment, while John plays in the sibling room. They're both going to leave tired and crabby, only to be plunked in a noisy, crowded food court for lunch, followed by the whole family, John included, heading for a two-hour MRI reading with the neurologist. Mike is of course working, but is planning to sneak away for the neurology appt. It means losing money, because he's oficially a contractor now, but we both agree it's worth it. And true to form, the kids and I are all sick as dogs. All the makings of a totally awesome day, filled to the brim with meltdowns! Yay! On the upside, we'll get some answers about what's up with Joan's brain damage, and what kind of road we're headed down. It's been stressful watching CNN coverage of Ted Kennedy's brain tumor, because they get these neurologists on to talk about the map of the brain, and what's affected. According to them, right motor skills are physically intertwined with speech, understanding and writing in the brain. Hopefully, Joan's stroke is just a pinprick of a scar, like the pediatrician originally thought, so she won't have a lot of struggle ahead of her.
The next day won't be much more fun. We've got our car booked into a garage, to get a second opinion on $2,000 in allegedly "urgent" repairs. I've been scouring car message boards, for a local garage that might be better for us. Most of the most highly recommended ones were just lone guys in little shops. But we need one slightly bigger than that to do an out-of-province inspection. I managed to find one that several people recommended as being honest and reasonable, is apparently particularly good with oriental cars, and is even close by, so hopefully, we'll have better luck with him. Definitely no fun finding a mechanic in a new city.
So wish us all luck on both days! Good times.
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Thanx for the update on Joan's condition.My prayers are with you.I'm still considering coming for a visit & am weighing the pros & cons. My Doc tells me that my eye problems are alergy related & as a result I've been busy washing down walls, windows, furniture, etc. In my usual slam bam way I dumped a pail of dirty water into the toilet realizing as it disappeared down the drain that the cloth I was using went with it. Plugged, worked on it, finally next 8 a.m. ph'd Mike who arrived at 9 with a snake & plunger & got it going for $35.I asked if he was available for other repairs, no way this was an emerg.for which I was grateful. He told me I was now a member of an elite club as another broad had done the same thing last week, just too much enthusism. Off to the hosp. gift shop for the aft.with Mac. Love to you all, Gram
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