Thursday, November 6, 2008

Decisions, decisions, decisions

Decisions, decisions, decisions, that seems to be all that we are faced with lately. Things have not been going well for Richard at the hospital. He thought the hospital was trying to find a way to get rid of him because of his injury and the litigation's with the insurance company, and I thought it was all in his head until I talked to the director of the ER. It seems like she is "trying" to do all she can to "help" Richard, but she keeps tip toeing around the issue. So Richard and I have talked about things and we think it will be best if Richard puts his two week notice in so he still has a good standing with the hospital. He is going to try and get a job in Cedar City with his mom in the ER. He will drive down stay for his shifts and then drive home after some sleep. It is a hard decision specially since I don't want him to be away for so long.

When we were talking about him quiting it was kind a emotional, because Pioneer Valley Hospital is where we met, is our home away from home, we so many friends that work there or visit from the ambulance/fire/police (yes we do see then all at least once a shift) , but we would rather Richard quit than have him fired.

There are still so many things that cross my mind daily about our future. The most pressing is Richards health. It scares me that he will never get any better and keep circling down the drain, at the same time the doctor has done all he could to help. He wants Richard to go to Huntsman Cancer Institute to see a Lymphologist to have his lymph system evaluated, and Richard is going to the U of U pain clinic to see if anything else can be done to help with the nerve damage. We still have not heard anything from the Labor Commission and the lawyer says all we can do is just wait. Its pretty frustrating not knowing whats going to happen. But at the same time we are use to just waiting. Let us all just hope and pray for the best!

2 comments:

Natalie Resch said...

Oh! I wish you two didn't always have to fight an up hill battle! Is there anyting I can do for you? It stinks Richars is pinned into such a hard decision to make. Isn't there any other hosipital here in SL County that he could work at? Jordan Valley? Or maybe some Insta-Care facility? That seems like a far drive...and lonely times. Well, if you ever need a girls night out, just hollar!

Brooke said...

OH my Goodness sweety, I am sooo sorry that you guys are going to have to do that. Well I wish you the best and we are always here for you and We love you so much!!