Pulling Back the Curtain

Bewitched was a favorite TV show of mine as a kid.  I used to laugh at poor Mrs. Kravitz as she struggled to get her husband, Arthur, to believe her stories of the strange things going on across the street.  Let's pull back the curtain to see what has been going on since my last post.

Denny's biopsy is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. this morning.  There is some concern on our part about bleeding.  He stopped the blood thinning injections yesterday to help with this.  However, the last biopsy he had when the tumor came back in 2010 landed him in the hospital overnight for bleeding and breathing issues.  The second concern is that Denny was told this tumor evaluation that costs $5500 at Foundations Medicine is NOT free to us.  We are going to have to try to file a claim because it is out-of-network and the insurance typically won't pay for it.  This unexpected cost is extremely upsetting because even with insurance, Cancer is an expensive disease.  Just paying 10% of the usual treatments and doctor visits adds up quickly.

The first treatment of Erbitux is scheduled for Monday.  Fortunately, I am off of work at the new job.  That is going to be a problem for me because as a new employee, I have no vacation or sick time available.  Dana will have to go with Denny to the treatments if I am not available.

She tried to put in her 2 weeks notice at Bath & Body Works at the Prime Outlets this past week.  She figured that would be the best thing to do since she would have to be asking off frequently and didn't think that would look good.  The manager said, "I am a businessman and want quality employees for my store.  You are a hard worker and I don't want to lose you.  We can work around your family needs."  She gets to keep her job and Cancer lost another round to the Woodruff family.

The Woodruff family received another miracle with Dan this past week.  He was driving home in a big storm after meeting a friend at the movies.  In Tennessee, there is so much rock that the water has nowhere to go.  He was slowing down for a 90 degree turn on a back road when his truck hydroplaned.  He went off into a ditch; hitting a bricked-in mailbox on the way.  He was not hurt.  We are so very thankful for that.  His truck needed a new front bumper, skirt, and right headlight assembly.  Denny and Dan got the parts from a junk yard and fixed it themselves. Dan stood back and looked at it when they had finished because the parts are a different color until it gets painted.  His comment was, "Now it looks like a catfish!"  The lady with the mailbox said her insurance would pay for the damage since somebody else had already hit it and she had called in the claim.  All is well.

Some of you following the blog from the beginning will remember our neighbors, BJ and Bill.  They helped take care of the kids while Denny was in St. Louis getting surgery in 2010.  Bill passed away suddenly on July 1st.  We are sending our love and prayers out to BJ and her family at this sad time.

It is almost time to leave for Denny's Biopsy.  Like Mrs. Kravitz, I'm pulling back the curtain hoping to see a little magic today.  I'll post any new information as it becomes available.  Thanks for checking in.  Oh...and remember to wave if you see the "Catfish" driving by!