Not Much Fun Going On....

Rob is feeling much better. He has been de-catheterized and now he can drive, so he is in a much better place. The doctor said the cancer was confined to the prostate so that is the best news. He is well on the way to recovery.

I was not happy with the care in the hospital at all. It was nonexistent. Those nurses were so overworked, you needed to be coding for attention. Although his stay was only overnight, he was sent home without eating anything, (midnight Monday to Thursday at 1) and the nurses didn't get him up to walk until shortly before we left. Are all hospitals like this or just St. Joes?

In all honesty, the doctor's office is not much better. At the urologist's last week, after catheter removal, the nurse was letting us go with an appointment to come back next week for bladder strengthening exercises (Rob....not me) and I said, "Can he drive? Can he lift anything? What signs should we be looking for if the infection worsens? Is anyone going to look at the 6 incisions he has on his stomach?" Good grief.

I am busy and decided that I need to let go of some of my outside volunteer activities. In addition to being President of Parents for Public Schools and on the board of the Ted Grace Reading Grove, I am the union building rep at work and spend a lot of time working closely with the union president, Joe. Not because I want to have this added work load but because I owe him big time. For 8 years we have had the most self serving, arrogant man possible as president. His agenda included making sure he was seen as important not seeing to the needs of his constituents. The guy ran unopposed for 8 years because the job pays almost nothing and is a ton of work. Nobody wants it. Joe has a social conscience and believes strongly in democracy. He ran as a favor to me, agreeing that the ballot results would send a strong message to the president. I never thought he would win but boy did it send a message! I am seen as the instigator in the district and hated by all the supporters of the past president. And it's a negotiating year and I find myself on a committee that is creating language that merges our contract language with the FMLA laws and is it summer yet?