Tuesday, September 20

In preparation for the surgery tomorrow there are eye drops to put in Cowboy's eyes.  The instructions are simple and straightforward but when he reads them he gets it mixed up.  He kept insisting this morning that I was doing it wrong.  I read it to him and he still was sure I was the one mixed up.  Finally got it done.  Two hours later he says it is time for more drops.  Since the time frame between is four hours he was mistaken about that and acted like he wasn't sure I knew what I was talking about when I explained it to him.

He doesn't seem nervous or anxious about the surgery.  the other eye was done a couple of years ago with no problem.  Here's hoping for the same result again.

I am feeling better.  It is a bit cooler and the humidity is down today.  I took the dog out this morning and we had a nice walk.

Good news.  This morning I finally got to the right level of person at the VA and got things resolved.  Will have 3 hours two days a week starting next week.  She was going through this explanations of the way some of the programs work and such and finally I said, "Let me see if I am hearing this right.  You have no budget right now but expect to have starting in October but you don't know how much.  You have a waiting list but we are the only ones on it.  You should be able to start service sometime soon but you don't know for sure and you don't know for how long?  So, this is really all about money?"  She kind of chuckles and said "You explained better than I did but yes, that is right".

She called me back in a few minutes and said they could start next week under the "Respite program" which is not funded but they have some money in the "Home Care program" to cover it.  They will know soon what the longer term is going to look like.  They got to the end of the year and had little money left, it was in the wrong pot and they have been juggling for a few weeks now.  At least she was really honest and I understand a lot of it better now.  I like this person, I have her number so maybe communications will be better going forward.  Why can't people just tell it like it is instead of hem hawing around?