Mr. Grinch has been home for 9 days now, and we are rapidly becoming accustomed to our new routine. It is a routine that includes oxygen machines, nebulizers, twice daily pill taking, breathing treatments that need to be done 4 times a day, and of course visits by Home Health personal to keep track of his vitals, and insure PT continues. He continues to improve a little each day. Though on days when the humidity and/or barometric pressure are up, his oxygen saturation levels go down more when doing PT or moving around much
Except for the big out of pocket expense for the portable oxygen machine, that Medicare and Humana consider a luxury item, we have been extremely fortunate so far with our out of pocket expenses. Yes, we are still paying some out pocket expenses. There will be more of those as well until deductibles are met. And of course all those medications he now takes, we also pay a portion of. However, I know that we are so very much better off than some others who are in similar situations.
Next week we go see the cancer doctor again so he can take another look at Larry, and set up the chemo treatments now that he is home, and walking around like Dr. Beeram wanted. The chemo treatments are a double edge sword we are going to have to learn to deal with. We will deal with them though because as sick and tired as they may make him feel, we also know they are necessary if he wants to continue to fight the cancer.
Between him nearly losing his foot in the oilfield a few years ago, and now the cancer and COPD, our retirement years are not turning out quite like we had planned. However, we are determined to still make the best of things, and live life to the fullest as much as we can. We will also continue to make sure that we count and appreciate the many blessings that we do still have.
