I can't believe it has been a month already...I am sorry for the delay in posting...I am hoping to stay a little more on top of it now.
I bet you are all wondering...what the heck have the Rife's been up to? Well.... this week we had what we thought was the Big Appointment...Let me back track a bit...
Since my last post we were waiting on our next appointment for another MRI..a clearer one as requested...I am going to be perfectly honest here when I say that I am very upset with Neil's doctor in San Diego...he turned in a peice of paper to the insurance company stating that "there was no damage"...NO DAMAGE??? Well several profane statements come to mind, but I will refrain...this caused the hold up for a new scan...however, and thankfully, the doctor that had done the evaluation last year (the QME report, the one that counts) contested his findings and basically threw the San Diego doctors claim out the window.
So we have uprooted and are now closer to the L.A. doctors. We had a new MRI scheduled for this week. We went to it, and while there asked if they did the right area. We even called the surgeons office to double check. They all said "yes." We took our cd containing the new images to the surgeon....and, well, they did the wrong area...BUT...this is a good thing because it shows a much clearer image of the "grey area" and the surgeon was able to see area's that he thought were ok, and turns out it was not.
That was a mixed blessing, I mean, yes, they caught it...but that means, yes, there is more damage.....so, where are we now? We are scheduling another MRI for next week, another visit with the surgeon and this time we should have the exact information needed to move onto planning for surgery.
The how, when and where's of it all have long been on our list of questions...What are they going to do, how long is it going to take for recovery, where are we going to do it...just to mention a few...and of course this list includes what will the outcome be, and what are the complications that could occur...I know you, like us have so many to ask, but for now, we must wait.
In the meantime we have seen some neat parts of the L.A. area. We seem to be all over the place up here, but are getting used to having to take 10 different interstates just to get across town. I must say that San Diego has a much more laid back feel to it, and I think a bit more charm...but I haven't been everywhere yet. We go back and forth alot between the two, since the kids have friends there, and so do we.
Stewart has gotten better at skating the bowl. The dog's are enjoying their boat time...still overly protective, but I don't mind, and we are glad that they all have each other to play with, even when it looks like a full on attack sometimes, haha! School is going well for them...yeah internet schools! And I have gotten alot of painting done as well as, yes, I have read the Hunger Games Trilogy along with Kate and we are looking forward to spending a day at the movies when it comes out, although we are not the crazy die hard types that will be camping out overnight....
We hope if there is time in between the scheduled surgery that we can take a quick trip back up north to see our good friends and family..you know who you are...
We enjoy our lazy days on the water either way and are very thankful that even with all the "mess" we try to make each day a special memory, and that is about all we can do for the time being.
And that just about wraps it up for now..I will be trying out a new app for sending the blog post right from my phone and may do a facebook for sailinghandfull...let me know if anyone is interested on that...it seems like these days it is far easier to send pictures and videos to facebook than any place else...
All of our love and blessings to you!
