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Got a good night's sleep last night, thank heavens. Have some business work to do today, plus my son and his wife are coming over for a few hours (he'll make final adjustments to the new kegerator). Will need to figure out food... it's a challenge because we eat entirely different diets. He eats mostly keto, she can't eat dairy, and hubby and I eat whole food plant based, so no meat, dairy, fats, etc.

If they'll be here at mealtime I might pull together a salad bar including some shrimp or imitation crab for them to put on their portions.
 

Sliverfox said:
Bit slow today,, have baked beans done , turkey breast in oven.
Pumpkin bread needs cut.
Hopefully turkey breast will be still warm whenever dinner is today at reunion.

Hope surgery went well for Aneedia's daughter.

Would any of us be surpised if Aneedia hasn't jumped into her car to head out to help daughter's family?
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Well, I didn’t do that, not that I didn’t want to. We did go for a drive and stayed overnight in Mesquite, NV. But stayed in constant touch with my daughter. She had her surgery, took forever, but after six hours I heard from her.

Surgery went well BUT, 😩, while doing the surgery the surgeon notice a large gall stone was stuck in a bile duct of her liver. Since he was removing the gall bladder laparoscopically, he could not “capture“ that stone.

A different surgeon was consulted. She needs a new MRI to get the precise location of the stone, then they will try a scope and attempt to remove the stone. they may have to cut it out. She remains in a lot of pain. Still not allowed to eat or drink.

She cannot leave the hospital until her pancreas heals.
 
I'm very glad to read your update post, @Aneeda72
I wish the surgery had gone even better than it did, but so far, so good.
At least she is doing alright, and she got through that part pretty well.
And at least they are monitoring her entire situation closely.
Extremely nerve-wracking for you, of course.
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Daughter was released from the hospital and is now home. Doctor wanted her to stay another night but gave her a choice so she left. She plans on sleeping in her recliner for now. Her pancreas still has not fully healed and this is more of a problem than the removal of her gall bladder.

She has to have very “light” meals until her pancreas heals. But it’s a relief she is home.

On the flip side, even though she has insurance, she has a 7000 dollar deductible. That 7000 dollars must be paid and then her insurance, an 80/20 plan kicks in. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Like the majority of everyone else in the country, she lives paycheck to paycheck.

Since I just sold the house, and have the money, I have offered to pay this for her or pay any portion of it she needs me to pay. She wants to try and pay it herself but her husband needs 15,000 in dental work and they have just started getting that done.

Ugh, just ugh. Our health care system is good, but we pay for it.
 
11.30am, the rain has stopped. I've spent some time on the phone dealing with some important issues, not getting any further forward very fast... but I will persevere...

ETA... 4 hours on.... managed to get some results which will be of great help to me.. but my head is thumping, and we have a thunderstorm to boot..lol.. so time to just take a break and do something a little less stressful
 
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Aneeda72 said:
Daughter was released from the hospital and is now home. Doctor wanted her to stay another night but gave her a choice so she left. She plans on sleeping in her recliner for now. Her pancreas still has not fully healed and this is more of a problem than the removal of her gall bladder.

She has to have very “light” meals until her pancreas heals. But it’s a relief she is home.

On the flip side, even though she has insurance, she has a 7000 dollar deductible. That 7000 dollars must be paid and then her insurance, an 80/20 plan kicks in. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Like the majority of everyone else in the country, she lives paycheck to paycheck.

Since I just sold the house, and have the money, I have offered to pay this for her or pay any portion of it she needs me to pay. She wants to try and pay it herself but her husband needs 15,000 in dental work and they have just started getting that done.

Ugh, just ugh. Our health care system is good, but we pay for it.
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((@Aneeda72 )). Praying for you and your daughter
 
Aneeda72 said:
Daughter was released from the hospital and is now home. Doctor wanted her to stay another night but gave her a choice so she left. She plans on sleeping in her recliner for now. Her pancreas still has not fully healed and this is more of a problem than the removal of her gall bladder.

She has to have very “light” meals until her pancreas heals. But it’s a relief she is home.

On the flip side, even though she has insurance, she has a 7000 dollar deductible. That 7000 dollars must be paid and then her insurance, an 80/20 plan kicks in. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Like the majority of everyone else in the country, she lives paycheck to paycheck.

Since I just sold the house, and have the money, I have offered to pay this for her or pay any portion of it she needs me to pay. She wants to try and pay it herself but her husband needs 15,000 in dental work and they have just started getting that done.

Ugh, just ugh. Our health care system is good, but we pay for it.
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Aneeda....sorry, sounds like your daughter has a long ways to go.
Being at home might be a more pleasant recovery.....wishing her all the best.

I think paying for what you have to for medical must be such a burden......i know.....there's insurance.....but there's still deductibles.....how do people manage this.

Very lucky we have the medical system we have......We have Manitoba Health.....pay nothing, unless it's considered cosmetic, and unless you want to speed up your surgery procedure.....you can pay if that's what you want.....we do have long waits depending on what it is.

Not sure what other provinces offer.
 
MickaC said:
Aneeda....sorry, sounds like your daughter has a long ways to go.
Being at home might be a more pleasant recovery.....wishing her all the best.

I think paying for what you have to for medical must be such a burden......i know.....there's insurance.....but there's still deductibles.....how do people manage this.

Very lucky we have the medical system we have......We have Manitoba Health.....pay nothing, unless it's considered cosmetic, and unless you want to speed up your surgery procedure.....you can pay if that's what you want.....we do have long waits depending on what it is.

Not sure what other provinces offer.
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@MickaC .. We have OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Plan) .. like Manitoba Health, we pay nothing for surgery. Wait-time is variable. When my hubby had hip-surgery, there was no wait.
 
Yes, we don’t wait for medical care, but medical care here cost a fortune. She refuses any more money from me, but I wish she take it. She doesn’t feel well at all, but she is lucky to be alive. We leave on the 19th to go see her. I hate having to wait.
 
Sliverfox said:
Aneeda,, My husband started a new job about at week after our son was born, year was 1966.
We got very few bills on his breech birth or the care for his club feet.

Often wondered if my parents didn't see the bills before we did as we lived across drive way from them.

Is there some way for you get some of the bills send/ emailed to you?
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No. I am going to talk to her when we get there, see if she will take more money. But they will probably use their 401k and get a loan. That is what my son did for his open heart surgery. When he had that we didn’t have any money. The profit from the house is the most money we have ever had.

I am sure this is why she won’t take any except the 2000 we already gave them. Gave our son money as well and bought stuff for our disabled boys. Did the down payment on the car, went away for the weekend. Paid our moving expenses. And have the vacation money to see her. But there is enough left to give her some more cash for medical expenses.

Its only money. It will get spent no matter what. 😂. It’s not like we got rich.
 
Aneeda72 said:
No. I am going to talk to her when we get there, see if she will take more money. But they will probably use their 401k and get a loan. That is what my son did for his open heart surgery. When he had that we didn’t have any money. The profit from the house is the most money we have ever had.

I am sure this is why she won’t take any except the 2000 we already gave them. Gave our son money as well and bought stuff for our disabled boys. Did the down payment on the car, went away for the weekend. Paid our moving expenses. And have the vacation money to see her. But there is enough left to give her some more cash for medical expenses.

Its only money. It will get spent no matter what. 😂. It’s not like we got rich.
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Be careful, @Aneeda72. It'll be easy to blow through every dime you received from that house in nothing flat. Don't put yourself in the position of begging at your children's doorsteps. Rainy days come to us all.
 
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katlupe said:
Oh no Aneeda, I am so sorry. Praying your daughter gets better soon. I know it is hard not to be with her but as you said they probably won't let you in to be with her. What a time you are having! Plus you are still healing yourself. I hope things get better for you soon.
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So sorry, Aneeda....Hopefully she will get better soon....I had galblatter surgery....stayed in hospital 2 days...I was in my forties.... God Bless....
 

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