Today began a new regimen in Makenzie's recovery. She began dangling her lower left foot down for 10 minutes, four times a day. This was very painful afterward today. You have to remember that she has not had her legs below her waist for over three weeks! So, this is a big deal! Very necessary step, but not one she likes too much. At least we're at this stage in recovery, and for that I'm thankful! She will continue this regimen with added minutes for a time now. Makenzie will also have this foot cleaned and redressed on Monday. So, things are going like they expected. So, now we just wait...I don't know about you, but I hate waiting.
Since I've been going to Hermann Hospital most days for the past three weeks the biggest things I'm hearing about from friends and relatives is about the parking. Almost everyday I hear of a parking garage story of sorts. I even have a couple myself! Most people don't understand the yellow chip thing. Not sure about the rhyme or reason of the complicated system at Hermann, but all of the hospitals in the Texas Medical Center use this chip thing. It's pretty complicated: you have the fast way, the faster way, and the fastest way to pay for parking. They all involve this stupid yellow chip. I'm almost sure there's got to be a hidden camera at the chip machines in the elevator station, watching the visitors trying to figure the whole thing out. Some of the stories are down right screaming funny! The procedure goes like this; when you drive into the garage, you pull up to the gate, hit the green button, and pick up the chip at the blinking light (unless you use faster pay, and it's WAY too complicated for me), then wait for the gate to lift to drive on in. Of course, when you get out of your car, you must take this chip with you (I haven't seen this explained anywhere, you're just supposed to know this). When you get ready to leave the hospital, you must stop by these chip machines which are located near the 2nd floor elevator. You put your chip in the machine, pay your money somehow, and THEN (make sure you see this!) pick up your new chip (why? is there really an explanation for this?), then go to your car. This new chip pick up thing really gets people. If you manage to follow all of that, you can finally start driving out of the garage (5 minutes if your on floor 6). Hopefully, you will finally arrive at the gate at the bottom, where you will put your chip in the machine that waits for you and then the first of two gates opens. Then you drive up to the next gate and wait for it to lift too. THAT is, if you don't DROP your chip at the machine while trying to put it in.....like Pam did the other day. Oh whoa to the person who drops the chip....Pam said she saw about a thousand of them in the grated drain area by the gate the other day while holding up traffic in TMC garage #4 in pursuit of her chip.....don't say I didn't tell ya! That's probably why some are using valet parking....
Keep praying about healing and pain relief. It's getting better my friends!
Mary
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