THIS IS ALL JUST ONE BIG ROLLER COASTER RIDE

Yesterday morning, Aaron called his doctor, and made an appointment to follow up after his appointment about a month ago. They scheduled him for 2:00 pm. that same day. So I immediately tried to figure out who could watch our kids so that I could be there with him. Here's how it went in my head:
Mom will be at work, Kyler is at school until 3, Kimber told me last night that she has to work all day today, Grandma...... yeah, Grandma can do it!

So, I called my grandma G. and she was very apprehensive because my grandpa was out of town, and lets just face it, my kids are a HAND FULL But she agreed to watch them. I then called my mom at work, and she told me that both my brother and his wife had the day off that day, and that one of them could probably go help her. Luckily my sister in law Alicia was able to go and help for a little while before her job interview, and I am so grateful for them both!!! THANK YOU!

Once at the doctor, they took his blood pressure with several different cuffs. It just hadn't gone down! We then explained our situation to them, and we told them about what the guy from our ward had told us. They immediately started looking into things that they could do to try to figure it out. They did an EKG which ended up costing us $75.00, and they got on the phone with several different places.

After a few minutes of waiting, the medical assistant came back into the room. She said that she had some news that we probably didn't want to hear.

The blood test that Aaron has to have done is a very rare test and it is very expensive! They are also trying to find a place that will do a certain kind of ultrasound. They called one place, but they quickly informed them that they no longer do that kind of ultrasound.

So they gave Aaron another sample of medications, just to see if they will help at all, and they are finding trying to get everything set up so that he can get the rest of his testing done. As we were leaving, we told them that we don't care what it takes, we just want to get to the bottom of this!


Then today, Aaron received a phone call from a guy from one of the medical staffing agencies that is trying to help him find a job. He told Aaron that there is a hospital position, but they want someone with hospital experience. However, since he is certified, and he has had very stressful jobs in the past, and has proven that he can work under pressure. So, they might be willing to override the whole hospital experience thing!

Then a few hours later, the same guy called back again! This time he told Aaron that 2 part time positions had just opened up at another hospital! Unfortunately, the agency is only allowed to put him in for one job at a time, so he told the guy that he would prefer the full time job. So, the guy told Aaron that he would keep him in for the first job, and if for some reason they didn't work out, he would be first in line for the other ones!

A couple of hours later, the lady who has already hired him for the hospital job a long time ago called to check on how his blood pressure is doing. Aaron told her what is going on, and then he asked her if it would help if his primary care doctor wrote a note stating that he us under a doctor's care, and his blood pressure is very closely watched. She then told him that she was going to talk to some people, and explain the situation. She would then try to get them to override the whole blood pressure issue, and let him take his physical to start work anyway! She didn't know if she would be successful, but she said that she would try!

So, today is looking much brighter than yesterday! Hopefully something will come through soon!