HollyAlonzo – Never Giving Up Hope

My husband is busy most of the time. When he gets home and does what he needs to for himself and his seeing eye dog, it’s after 5 and businesses are closed.

Yesterday when he got home, he could tell I was very discouraged. He asked me for the neurologists phone numbre. I told him and he called.

He demanded an MRI of the brain ASAP.

Again he was told that McElveen would handle that area. He said, “no, McElveen won’t get it until September and that is too long. I want it now.”

With a lot of arguing back and forth, and Edward explaining that an MRI of the brain was supposed to be done every sixth month, the nurse finally gave in. He told her that it was a doctor’s and nurse’s job to do what’s best for the patient. Them putting me off was dangerous. We do not know if a brain tumor has grown so large and is life threatening or not. That is why the scan is needed every six months.

The office finally agreed that they would get me a brain MRI and that the MRI center would be calling me with an appointment.

The nurse was told if we didn’t hear anything from the radiolotgy people within a week, my husband would be calling backto figure out why.

He also found out why I was being referred to another neurosurgeon for my spine.

The surgeon in Asheville didn’t feel confident enoughto handle it. He wanted me to go to someone in a bigger hospital to see what he could do. This doctor specializes in the spine. So we shall see what happens there.

But with Edward forcing his way through, we made a little bit of progress in the doctor situation.