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Michelle
has a new book coming out and she has a giveaway for the set OF GOLD… OF SILVER…
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Carole - nothing like that is available for Bill. He is not a veteran, so he is missing several of the benefits that my Dad had. If he goes into hospice, there are a lot more benefits available, but although he "qualified" a couple of years ago, the determination was made on something that wasn't correct (vocabulary of 9 words or less). They just didn't get him started talking (which he does sparingly, but is capable. I told them that I couldn't in good conscience allow it to go through. Since then, his kidney functions have increased and is little to no worse in his cognitive issues. I have had other healthcare professionals mention hospice, but unless they have changed the qualifiers, I don't think it fits. Kansas offers lots of free things for seniors under a certain income level, but….
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Dad retired from the military after 28 years (Wade's Dad) so mom was on TriCare (military insurance) as well as Medicare, whatever Medicare didn't cover, TriCare did. We were very blessed in that. She stayed in the "nursing home" for less than a month so Medicare took all of that cost, and her hospital stays were all covered. We didn't get a single bill for her last few months. God blessed abundantly! We tried to get her into a nice home, told them that she had the money on hand to pay for as long as she was there - but they wouldn't take her because it took more than one person to get her into her wheel chair!
Bill is doing so good at home. It has to be exhausting for you, but you are doing such an amazing job caring for him and my prayers are with you always! I'm sure that he is doing so well because he is home and with you, even if he doesn't seem to know it.
Oh boy, I have my MRI tomorrow morning. I can't believe I'm nervous. I don't think I would be if I didn't have to do the breathing with that device on my abdomen. With my lungs not doing well right now I'm afraid I'm going to panic when I'm tied to that bed and can't catch my breath! I will be on Xanax so am hoping I will be sedated enough that it isn't a problem. Jesus will be with me too and He will give me peace! I have a date for my CT scan on my lungs, unfortunately it is on a Sunday. I nixed the Sunday dates, but the next soonest was two weeks later. I called my NP and she told me I needed the earliest date they had, so we will have it don't Sunday morning. I'm hoping we can at least catch the last part of the service. It's still three weeks away, but that's the soonest they had! It seems they have become a lot busier because I used to get an appointment within a week or two.
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My MRI went well today, better than the first time I had this one. I expected to be in a smaller machine, but there was a problem, so they brought me inside and to the slightly larger machine which I've been in at least twice now. So thankful for God looking out for me in this especially. I didn't even mind being strapped down inside a tube! Not a claustrophobic's dream! I'll find out in a few days if anything has changed with my pancreas!
I ended up sleeping away my afternoon having taken a sedative to take the test! Still a bit sleepy still, but at least I don't feel like I'm going to fall over.
Oh, I took my weight yesterday and it was 234, what a shocker! Praise the Lord.
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Glad you got through the MRI without issues.
We had the first day of our yardsale today and I'm exhausted. It was good financially for the girls and was kind of fun for me. I got to meet a bunch of my neighbors that I hadn't gotten to know. One was so sweet and she is a retired nurse. She is insistent that I call her and have her come watch Bill every so often. Such a sweet lady. She was the sole caregiver for her mother, and she said, "I know!". My step-daughter loved her, too.
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