That was on a Saturday evening... and no one works weekends or holidays any more so no insurance adjuster or disaster services till Tuesday... we got most of the water sucked up out of the carpet and from out of the ceiling with a wet/dry vacuum... most of the loss came to house structure, carpet, walls, ceiling, the ceiling light fixture acted as a great drain for the water, but no personal belongings were lost or damaged... ?lesson learned? do not leave your garden hose connected to the outside hose bib during the winter months of no use, frozen water from the hose does not allow the water to drain the freeze free hose bib... thus freezing in the pipe and this splits the pipe, it does not leak at this point till you wash the car off. Remove hose's from outside bibs and drain, roll up and store till needed. No use taking a trip through Hell unless you want too... just remember don't stay any longer then you have too, keep moving through. Couple of more stories go along with this but those are for another day... Keep close tabs of those insurance policies, know where they are at, and make copies to take with you in case of an emergency evacuation.
Next stop on the road of an unsuspecting life, the ER at the local hospital, my reoccurring leg infection erupted again... give up blood, tests, and anti-bodies to take... go home come back to the clinic tomorrow if you don't feel better. I don't feel better so back i go... turns into an all day deal more tests, a couple of "vampires"and in the end all tests clear and a stumped doctor...?? Lots of hanging out with needles, IV's and tubes hanging out with me, the doctor on the phone... "go home and get your wife and go to St. George this afternoon, no side trips, straight to the hospital... and don't you drive!" and here is some O2 for the trip... does this mean high and fast??? Long story short, three hours to get through their ER and be admitted... send myWife home because a winter snow storm is coming and all she will do here is wait... wait... wait... which i can do by myself, and i don't feel life threatened by this incident and besides the bedroom is a wreck and the insurance disaster people are coming and lets not slow that process... Something like divide and overcome...Do you know that you can be admitted to a hospital and "not be a sick person" and they have 24 hours for a doctor to see you??? Wait finally to a room at 2305 hrs. lots of who, what, where, and lots of "vampires"swarming about you, more IV's and you can't wear your own clothes so they have easy access to your "parts". A PA first then tests... full heART work up and an echo this and that, then "major" antibodies into my system to stop the infection from going up my leg, then a real doctor, so they have time to figure out how this got started... If you want to sleep at night or any time in a hospital... ask for ear plugs... the place is noisy, not just people but the mechanical systems in the building are noisy... and if they want to do something to you or talk they will get your attention. Long story short again... two and a half days later i was back home... yes they figured it out and it was so stunningly simple it brought tears to my eyes... another story, yes another day. There are only two things you must remember before they will do anything to you... "what's your name and date of birth??"
Did you see this coming... no i did not... be prepared... have your insurance cards, if you take more then an aspirin make a list to give them so you don't have to remember it every time they ask, and they will ask more then three times per shift, remember: new shift new people new questions that you already answered, and just cause its in their computer does not mean the Nurse or CNA on the floor has it. We most likely need a going to the hospital emergency kit of sorts, especially if you have long term health/medical issues. The stress of being there is hard enough... then if you don't have your "own" comfort items, brush, tooth and hair, don't forget a good book... i did, but i had my brief case which always has my scriptures, a journal, day planner, colored pencils, pens, and my camera along with the medical paper work i take to the doctors office. I hate having to remember all that has happened to me, write things down and put them out of your mind, just know where to find the answer when they ask.
??Lesson learned...?? The best way to take the sting and stress out of days like these is to read, study, and ponder the scriptures each day every day and then pray and listen. Psalms 46:10. We need this spiritual alone time each day no matter where we are at. Believe me a hospital is a place where you have time... the question that came to me while there was... "? i wonder... do you ever really become a doctor if all you do is practice...?" and there is a lot of practicing going on down at Dixie Regional Medical Center... the window views are not so great... unless you like storm clouds, but it was nice having the East facing window.
We, in most cases, cannot control what comes our way... all we can do is be as prepared as possible both spiritually and temporally, put our trust in the Lord, and take it one day at a time. Do not put your trust in the arm of flesh. Be of good cheer.
Cheers
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