Jake had his OT reassessment appointment with Jacqui this morning. He is able to do all of his daily living skills except for one, so he still needs a NMA. So, that means that he is stuck with his ol' mom for another month. ;) She told him that at his next appointment he will no longer need a NMA because he will be standing and walking by then.
His sergeant called him last night and told him that after his appointment this morning that he needed to head to the 2nd floor of the hospital for his flu shot. Jake explained that he received one before deployment, but the sergeant still insisted that he get one. In other words, he was ordered to get one. So, we headed down to where they were giving them and ran into one of the head nurses that was on his ward when he was in the hospital. :) It was nice to see her again. She gave him the paperwork to fill out for the shot/nasal mist and kept asking me if I was going to get one too. I told her that it was only for him and she said, "No way! It's for you too!" She said that since I was his NMA and was near him alot that I should get one. I tried to get out of getting it because you have to go through a process (as a civilian) to get treatment at this hospital, but she was very insistent and made sure that I got to where I needed to go for my "blue" card. Off I went. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it wasn't fun either. So, as Jake's NMA, I too received a flu shot. He got the nasal mist--I got the shot. My arm is a bit bruised and sore, but I'm a tough ol' bird and will get through it. :)
We had to get an appointment with his primary care doctor today because since it is a holiday here on Monday, offices at the hospital will be shut down and Jake was running low on one of his pain meds. While we were there, we tried to take care of a huge mistake. Jake was sent a bill from one of the doctors there at the hospital for his services. We couldn't believe it!! As a wounded soldier, everything is paid for by the insurance company. Even his primary care doctor was shocked to see the bill. We have to go back over to the hospital tomorrow to finish fixing this mistake.
We also stopped to talk to one of his sergeants about the possibility of Jake taking some personal leave to go home again before heading to the CBWTU. He wants to be home for his sister's birthday and for Halloween. We are not sure if it will be possible, but the sergeant was going to do some research and will call us tomorrow. Since we have returned back here (two weeks now), Jake has not had any PT appointments at all. :( It is very, very discouraging for him. That's another reason why he wants to go home--he knows that he will get PT appointments there and continue on his recovery to walk.
We'll see what happens.
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