Came in early today to help get Bill and Jean ready for the Dr. Khaled appointment. Wedad gave me the wonderful news that she was able to stay with Jean this afternoon so that I could take Bill to the appointment. Thank You Wedad it was a big help.
I met Joan at Dr. Khaled's and he has his defibrillator checked by a representative of St. Jude. Bill, Joan and I were then accosted by Dr. Khaled for not bringing Bill in sooner. Apparently Bill should be seen every 3 months and hasn't been seen since 5/06. This was news to Joan, Bill and myself. Dr. Khaled suggested that we do a full scale evaluation of Bill's heart and will begin the first set of testing tommorrow. At 3:20pm Bill will have an echo cardiogram for 2 hours, Wedad will come in to stay with Jean and Joan will meet Bill and I at the office.
Coumadin levels were way high and his dosage is cut for tonight, 0mg tonight, 3mg tomorrow and 6mg Thursday. On Friday Bill has a mandatory Farooqui appointment set for 10:30am November 2, he must go to this appointment to have his Coumadin checked. As far as the Coumadin goes, I never have any luck with the machine we have at the house, Wedad also continually gets error messages when she tries to use it. If it has become too cumbersome to check his Coumadin and Blood sugar levels then I vote to take Bill to Dr. Farooqui's every Wednesday to have his levels checked in the office. That way Dr. F. is aware of the numbers and then can alter the medication as he sees fit.
A troubling thing about Dr. Farooqui that should be noted: Today Dr. Khaled gave us a read out of all the days and times that Bill's defib. was "abort-shocking, " to me the dates and times that he read coincided with the days and times Bill was getting his hot flashes. I remember taking Bill and Jean to Dr. F the last time Bill got a hot flash and Dr. F simply attributed the hot flashes to old age. He said "Bill's body is not able to cool it self off because he is getting old." I find it troublesome that Dr. F never suggested that Bill may need to visit Dr. Khaled, on that occasion or any occasion there after.
When Bill and I arrived home I briefed Wedad on what happened at Dr. Khaled's and then we called Jennifer to let her know the serious nature of our visit. Both Wedad and Jennifer had never heard of Bill needing to go every 3 months, both were as shocked by that bit information as Joan and I.
Placed a grocery order, called Cookie to cancel her "visit," she apparently snuck in a phone call on Wedad's shift and scheduled a time to visit. Unfortunately we are way too busy tomorrow to deal with her. Question for the group??? Cookie only comes around on my shift because I allow her to make plans with us. In my opinion, I thought that I was appeasing her, prior to this month is was only lunches, dinners and teas. This month she went shopping with Jean one day, and from what I am hearing she has caused quite a lot of grief. I am all for completely ignoring her if we stand as a united front, she uses me to get to Jean and then causes trouble for everyone, by bad mouthing all us behind our back. I know that I am ranting, but, what shall we do??
Called the gatehouse and got Lot 92 ON the list for the Trick or Treat Trolley. We need to buy candy and cinder blocks tomorrow.
Upcoming--
Oct. 31- Dr. Campbell for Bill and Jean 1:30 and 2:00pm
Oct. 31- Echo cardiogram for Bill 3:20pm
Nov. 2- Coumadin check for Bill - mandatory- 10:30am
Nov. 6- Sonora Quest Labs. for Bill's blood work- must fast 12 hours beforehand.
Nov. 7 Bill's stress test-Part 1- 2:45pm
Nov. 8 Bill's stress test Part2 8:40am-
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