Medical Day

I'm standing by for medical maneuvers today.  Amanda called yesterday morning with the news that the Painted Turtle folks were demanding proof that she had chicken pox as a kiddo.  They will no longer accept her signed statement as sufficient.  So...she has a call into our primary care doc to see if he's willing to sign a document stating she's had the pox.  I doubt it, since he would simply have to take her word for it.  More likely we'll be headed to the clinic or the hospital today for a blood draw.  The Hole-in-the-Wall camps take this sort of thing VERY seriously - understandable since virtually all of the campers have compromised immune systems.  If a kid gets a cold while at camp, kiddo is sent home.  If a staff person gets a cold, it's quarantine.

In other medical news, got a call from sister at 12:45 AM this morning.  Mom has had a very bad back for a long time...and it's been getting progressively worse of late.  Mom couldn't get out of bed last night...the pain was excruciating.  She said she thought she better go to the ER.  I said I'd be right over...  But before I could get my teeth brushed she called back...had managed to get up using dad's walker and thought she'd be OK 'til morning.  Talked to her this morning and she now thinks she can hold-on until we see her regular doc next Thursday.

OOPS!  'Manda just called.  Need to hit the road.  Breakfast and then a blood draw.

Later gang.