Rick is surgery bound.........

Yippeeee!!! Thank goodness!!! Great news !!!!

Rick is gonna get his shoulder fixed....we're looking at a surgery date about 3 weeks in the future. The doctor says that we will be receiving a call soon about the actual date. What a relief! He can't sleep and he is miserable.
When he ran out of pain medication we went back to our primary physician....only to find out now that she has decided to work for the new clinic in Wal-Mart and that because she is only a Registered Nurse Practitioner, she is not allowed to prescribe any narcotic medication. That is a Wal-Mart policy.....that just stinks! We have been to the emergency room 3 times since being released from the doctor's care who was going to preform the surgery originally, before it was so conveniently canceled by Ricky's boss. Each time we've gone to the ER they don't prescribe much. I can understand....with prescription drug abuse being so rampant.

So, now we sit by the phone and wait....as usual, they will most likely call us when we've gone to town real quick for something. Guess I should make Rick stay home, but he is so sick of being in the house that now we'll just go for a drive if nothing else. He has lost his farmer's tan....terrible thing!