April 20 2011

If you think you can't afford to pay a lawyer to help you apply for medicaid, think again. They may save you thousands of dollars. Of course you might do all right if you have a case worker who knows what he is doing and cares, but I didn't have that advantage. Anyway, the gal working with me is to turn in the application today. She promised I won't have to pay the nursing home for April. Sure praying her promise is good. Am requesting a hearing to see if I can get the Medicaid retroactive, because of information that was incorrect or not given to me. We'll see.

The girls (and others) had been urging me to get a new furnace. I kept telling them I wanted to see just how long it would keep going. Well, I found out. It was the Fri. when we were having nice warm weather, so didn't worry about it. Then, it turned cold, and I got sick. A friend brought over a couple of space heaters, on the next Fri., so that halped a lot. The following Monday the mew furnace was in and running. The old one had been installed in 1960, so we sure got a lot of wear out of it.

This morning I got up about five and went to a friend's house where the Red Hatters gathered to watch the wedding Everybody seemed to really like Catherine's dress, but it was way too plain for my taste. At least she didn't look like she was being sacrificed the way Diana did. Hope they can keep it together. Thought Elizabeth and Phillip looked pretty darn good for their ages. Didn't see enough of the red head to suit me. Hope they have all that hoopla when he gets married. :-)

Guess that's it for now.

jki

April 2, 2011

Taking a break from my naps. Fighting a cold and decided I probably shouldn't be in the nursing home. Have slept off and on most of the time since yesterday afternoon. May spend another day doing the same. (Yes, Rhea, Trina comes by it naturally.) :-)

Another month gone. Eye surgery went well. Had post-op visit last week and doc took the stiches out. Unless there is a problem, I don't have to go back for a year. No pain, didn't even take a Tylenol. It's a bit runny yet, but that doesn't surprise me.

Not much happening. Still working to get approved for Medicaid. 'Fraid I'm going to end up having to 'spend down' by paying a month at the facility. Can think of things I'd rather use it for, but I'm just too slow making decisions and figuring out how to follow through on them. Sure wish I hadn't made the local elder-care lawyer mad at me. I'm sure it would have gone much better if she had been handling it. I keep trying to remember, "God is in control." and "He will provide.", but can't help wondering how sometimes. Bill has been in rehab for five weeks this time and is not showing a lot of improvement. Doesn't seem to remember instructions from minute to minute, let alone day-to-day. Still good natured, so can['t ask for a whole lot more. :-)

Glad it's starting to warm up a bit. Actually got out and weeded a bit in the Iris bed. Has been two or three years since I did anything with it. Thought they'd all be dead, but have found a few popping their heads up through the matted grass. Pulled some of it out to give them room to breathe. Just hope I haven't exposed them too much to the frost.

Couple more weeks of rocking babies, then I'll have to go back to getting my kicks from the neighborhood animals. At least that way, I'll be doing more walking. :-)