Road to Recovery

Well, let’s see. Since I last wrote there has been a lot going on. Sunday, I had a staff meeting at work. We had one of our food reps in to teach us all about food. It was very interesting and I really learned a lot about dog and cat nutrition. I enjoyed it very much. Then I had to work that day as well.

Suzi and Zak came down to take care of mom for a few days. They arrived Sunday and stayed through Tuesday evening. Mom is doing okay. She saw both a foot doctor and a hand doctor on Monday. It was determined that she needed thumb surgery to repair her thumb. It was also determined that there is a fracture in her foot and they aren’t sure but also maybe a joint is out of place. They are doing the CAT scan today on her foot to determine if surgery on her foot is necessary or not.

She did have surgery yesterday on her thumb. They ended up pinning the piece of fractured bone back into place. They didn’t even have to make an incision to do that, they just used the pins from the outside, guided by x-ray to pin the piece of bone back in place. In about a week she will have the pins pulled out.

Today we are working on retaining a lawyer. She will defiantly need one due to the co-pays that she had all ready had to pay out of pocket as well as the time she has all ready missed off work. It’s her right hand and her right foot so writing and driving are both out of the question.

I took her to surgery yesterday. Hubby, Buddy and I stayed the night. Since she had surgery late in the day yesterday she hadn’t eaten since Tuesday night at 9pm, so she was pretty hungry. We grilled steaks, made mashed potatoes and asparagus last night for her when we got home. Today, Hubby will take her to the CAT scan as well as to the lawyer’s office.

It’s going to be a long road to recovery for her. It’s going to be a long road for all of us…

Colorado switched their laws about car insurance within the last couple of years. We switched from no fault, to I guess someone’s fault. So, it used to be that when you got in a car accident, your car insurance just took care of everything for you. Not anymore, it’s a little bit more difficult now. Now, if you are in a car accident the best thing to do is to get yourself a lawyer.

So, I don’t know if I told everyone yet or not, but we got kitties at the store. They are 9 & ½ weeks old now and they are little terrors. They will live out their lives at the store, and man, right now they are little bundles of energy. We ended up naming them Bart and Lisa after the Simpson’s. We did that because Bart is a little troublemaker. We keep them behind the cash register until they are ready to get out and explore on their own. Well, while exploring behind the cash register, Bart managed to get himself down between the walls of drywall! One of the owners ended up having to cut him out!

But they are cute as a button, both of them! We just have to keep an eye on them at all times to make sure they don’t get into or cause too much trouble. The last few days they have been going out and exploring the store. I can’t wait to see what new tricks they have learned in the last day!