Today is Veteran's Day. Today would have also been my grandfather's 100th birthday. This is the grandfather for whom Will is named. Today Ryan and Will drove down to Avoca to celebrate Ryan's Grandmother's birthday. Today we celebrate and remember many important people.
Since Ted has pink eye and I am recovering from my flu shot disaster, we are resting at home today. Ted took a 2hr. nap this morning. I rested while he slept and then I heated up some potato soup that Ryan purchased at the campus book store. It was Panera brand soup and apparently it was quite expensive. It was a good treat, but at $5 for one serving of soup without the fancy Panera bread I guess I won't be eating it every day!
Ted's eye is looking better and I seem to be on the upswing. You can still see where the welts were from my rash. I'm still itchy, but I feel like I am now going to recover rather than have unending misery. No one at urgent care yesterday could believe that the Storm Lake community does not offer doctor services on Saturday except for the ER. Our insurance companies make it abundantly clear that we need to try and make good health care choices and not rush into the emergency room.
Our health care system is at a cross roads. If Ryan hadn't been able to drive Ted and I to Sioux City yesterday, I think that Ted and I would have had no other choice BUT to go to the emergency room. We would have ended up spending $2,000 for both of us to see the doctor rather than pay our co-pays. The people in the urgent care were extremely concerned about both Ted and I. The receptionist was friendly AND helpful, the nurse was well trained and the doctor was outstanding! (The receptionist even told a patient that didn't have insurance where she could find health care free of charge! She treated everyone with dignity!) If we need care on a weekend I would feel confident returning to that urgent care facility, but the drive is almost too much especially when you are sick or if the weather is bad. (Winter in Iowa isn't always perfect.) Everyone deserves outstanding health care with dignity and respect.
Apparently Community Health is open until Noon on Saturday here in Storm Lake. I used our insurance website to see where the closest place open on a Saturday would be and it said Urgent Care in Sioux City. We went to the Urgent Care by the mall. It is open on Saturday from 9am - 5pm and Sunday from Noon until 5:00 p.m.
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