Hubby Update Part Two

                                                                 

                                                                       

We were back in the emergency room again, but this time because Dan's blood pressure was through the roof. I don't think he can blame this on my driving, although, I've been using his car to get us all over town.

                                                                  

No, I think his high blood pressure was maybe due to the leg pain.This has not been a good month for my husband, but... we did learn that there was an Urgent Care next to the Wawa's on the White Horse Pike .

                                                                      

Having worked in the medical field for twenty plus years (Intensive Care, Operating Room, staff for Chief of Urology of Pennsylvania Hospital) before starting a new career at the Academy of Natural Science, I know good health care when I see it and so does my retired Philadelphia Fire Fighter/Paramedic husband. But, we had never been to an Urgent Care Center before. Who would take care of us? What if the doctor's name was Frankenstein?

                                                                          

I had this false assumption that these Urgent Care Centers were...I don't know....staffed by Joe Blow who never really passed the medical board's stringent requirements, BUT, I was wrong!!!

                                                                             

The reception staff, nurse and doctors were the real thing! They did the necessary tests while keeping us updated on their findings and they even touched base with our family doctor before ordering the needed blood pressure medication for Danny. They are part of the Cooper Health System and were able to pull up my husband's x-rays and blood pressure data from the day before. I have to say that Dan and I came home feeling a lot safer. We visit our family doctor in Philadelphia on Monday and hopefully get hubby's body back in working condition.

                                                                       

When we left the Urgent Care it had started to snow. Can you sue the weather? No! But, it doesn't matter. We were feeling pretty good with the courteous and professional care that we had received from the Cooper Urgent Care Staff. Thank you Cooper Hospital.

Dan the Snowman

                                                                         

My husband is a retired Philadelphia Fireman/Paramedic; served thirty-four years and loved every minute. We moved to Audubon, New Jersey after he retired. While living in South Philadelphia, we would often get knocks on our door during all times of the day and night. Neighbors knew he was a paramedic and would seek his help if one of the younger neighbors overdosed or if someone was having chest pains. Things haven’t changed that much since moving to New Jersey.

                                                                  

Our neighbors here have also called on Dan for help whenever they needed help, be it lifting a fallen spouse or in the case of another neighbor; finding their spouse unresponsive. Dan has the aura about him that lets people feel comfortable when in trouble.

                                                                     

A few years back, I was worried about my husband using a shovel to dig out from under a particularly heavy snowstorm back in 2009. I bought him a large snow blower so he wouldn’t kill himself shoveling. Funny thing happened. As soon as I bought the snow blower, we stopped getting snowstorms. Oh sure, we had snow, but nothing like we’ve had so far this year.

                                                                      

This year was different. Too much snow and no breaks in between. We have a few neighbors that are unable to shovel this snow due to a litany of health reasons. Every time we’re hit with another storm, my husband gets out the snow blower, and after doing our house, does our neighbors houses too.

                                                                           

Today we got hit hard and sure enough, my husband was out there with the snow blower. The neighbors are happy and so is my husband; he likes helping.

                                                                   

                                                          

Me…I’m ready to move south of the border. I’m not a snow bunny.