Well, I went to my job interview this afternoon and walked out with a new job. I start training on Thursday at 7a (oh yeah, this is going to be interesting as I am sooooo not a morning person) and will work until 3p, then have to do it all over again on Friday, but on Saturday which is my first real shift I will be working from 3-11p. I have explained my limitations to them and they have no problem at all, just that I give notice when I have an appointment that is upcoming that will interfere with my work schedule and we will figure a way around it. Also I will be covering for those going on vacation, as well as those who decide to call in sick and for emergencies. So all in all this is going to be a much better job than I first anticipated it to be and on the major plus side, it seems that the building next door, which I thought was part of the hotel, is not, but instead an apartment building owned by the same people who own the hotel and the majority of those living there work at the hotel. Like I said, things are starting to look very interesting at this point and if things work out and we can move into this place, I won't have to worry about how to get to and from work if things with Ray's hip ends up causing him to have surgery.
Onto that prospect... Ray went in to see the orthopedic last week, who took a look at his x-rays and immediately ordered an MRI to be done, which was done last Thursday. We are still waiting to hear the results, but we are expecting one of three possibilities. First one is that it's bursitis, though it's not looking to be that, as the symptoms are slightly off. Second it could be AVM, which has something to do with the blood flow to the hip bone or something to that effect and third, it could be a stress fracture. The second and third problems can be solved via surgery, the AVM is an outpatient procedure and the stress fracture is in-patient surgery as it will require pins and screws. For those who know about where we live presently, you also know this is NOT a viable for such to happen anytime in the next month or two, but then again, he is barely able to walk, much less sit or lay down without being in severe pain.
This is one of the reasons we are hoping to be able to get an apartment at this place, as it would literally have us right across the street from the hospital and our family doctors, as well as my physical therapy location for the next couple of weeks. I will learn more on Thursday when I go in, as I will be talking to my manager who will be training me, she has a special way of doing things and wants everyone on the same page, which I have absolutely no problem with and actually like the prospect of such an organized work situation. -grins-
Well I am going to head out for the night, it's been a long day and tomorrow is going to be another long one, as I have my first pain management appointment to attend. I will say this about the medical group here, they get you into referred appointments in less than a month. Sort of shocked the both of us, after having to go through all those hoops back in Delaware. Now just to get my orthopedic to see that the injections he wants to put me through for the next year will be worthless, as the one's he gave me not 2 weeks ago have done nothing to relieve the pain in either my knee or my hip. Was a bit shocked that the hip injection didn't work, as it worked wonders the last time I had one done, but perhaps he didn't get it into just the right spot the first time around, but as for my knee, it made things a bit worse than they were before the injection. Plus I think I had a slight reaction to the steroid they used this time around, breaking out in what looked and felt like hives, but in blister form was not amusing, nor was it very comfortable. I have let him know the results via an email through the online medical system and am just waiting to hear back from him.
I will try to keep you all updated as things progress, but as I said before things are a bit hectic and crazed around here, but not just for the reason of us having to move out by the beginning of August, but because of some rather scary prospect that was just that has the police driving by our place every 15 minutes and on high alert. Can't get into it here, but just know that we are being careful.
Love and miss you all very much!