Houston.... We have a date...

Sam has a date for his cranial plasti. September 7th. The day before school starts and the day after the long weekend. It is also the day before he was to see the ENT in Winnipeg...which means I have spent the day on the phone with nurses, hospital and patient coordinators, receptionists, and a whole pile of other people, trying to re-arrange appointments and make appointments for Sam.  I am exhausted and ready to cry from the sheer frustration of it all. AND I need to find a doctor that will do his pre-op physical, as our regular physician has now retired and the new one that is to take on the new patients is not here yet and wont be for a few weeks.... as I typed this I got a bright idea and called the doctor that was at the hospital when Sam was first brought into the emerg. and he rode with him to Winnipeg-- and he is going to do the pre-op for me!! YAY for using the old coconut! Now it is on to waiting for Winnipeg to return calls and help in making arrangements.

The other issue I am going to be dealing with is that we are in the city for a week at least (what Gail our TBI co-ordinator) said... so I need to find somewhere for me to 'live'. In August she will call the Ronald MacDonald House and see if we can get in but I have to have a back up incase they are full... sigh. So a hotel and $$$$ and meals and all the 'fun' stuff that goes with it.  Breathe Jodi, breathe...

For some reason I have been getting anxiety attacks again. The last few months and it is horrible! I don't want to go out (but I don't want to be at home...) and when talking with people I begin to panic and want to burst into tears... I feel incredibly stupid.

I just hope in the next few days, I can get things sorted out with  Sam's appointments and my head.

Speaking of Sam... He is in Penhold, Alberta for another week and then he is home! YAY! I miss him terribly. At the last time we spoke to him, he wasnt really enjoying himself -- too much book work and terrible food-- but we havent spoke to him since Sat. night so I hope that means that things got better for him!

On to more phone calls and arrangements...