Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Oye To The Vey

I took a few hours off work to take my mother to the caridiologist and to get her pacemaker checked. Her appointment was at 11 a.m.

We had no sooner taken our seats in the waiting room, when the nurse came and told us that all the appointments were canceled for today except the pacemaker check etc, because the doctor got called to the hospital for an emergency procedure.

Mom's appointment is resceduled for Friday.

When its supposed to rain AGAIN!

Now for the average person rain isn't a rough thing to deal with, but my mom uses a walker and isn't very steady on her feet. That's why this was actually the first time she's been in a car in 7 months. We don't want her to fall. She did that when I was trying to get her to the hospital last year before my dad's surgery.

So I have to take more time off on Friday to take her back for her regular appointment.

Poor thing. She went to so much trouble to get there and to have the main appointment canceled is horrible, However if it were her at the hospital, I'd want the doctor to come running like that too. So I'm not really complaining, I'm just feeling sorry for her.

Here's hoping that Friday goes much better.

4 comments:

Mike said...

I'm predicting a break in the rain for your trip. Money back gaurantee just like the weatherman.

Bilbo said...

Hope all goes well on Friday. At least your doctor was called away for an emergency...I showed up for an appointment (across town, mind you) one day, only to discover that the doctor with whom I had the appointment wasn't scheduled to work that day. Can you spell $#%!&! ?

Jean-Luc Picard said...

Doctors are like that. The slightest adjustments and patients are forfeited.

Deirdre said...

Do they have some type of drive up door where patients can be wheeled in a wheel chair?

I guess since this is an out patient visit, it's not very accommodating.

Could you possibly call them before your appointment and voice your concerns? They may be able to provide you with help of getting your Mother from the car to the office so you're not going at it alone.

(Just a thought) *hugs*