Yikes...

We got the bill for Dave's E/R visit!  Jeez....

The full charges were almost $2000!!  Our portion is  $407.

Yippee.

In other news, remember that idiot on the motor cycle who pulled out in front of us last summer?  He had no insurance, expired tag, and no mirrors on the bike....

The investigation started by our insurance company, that eventually involved their attorneys, seems to have turned something up.

I got a letter from the state on Friday, indicating that they found him, despite his false address and phone number, and he went to court.

The judge ordered him to deposit $1600 into an account that I can withdraw from, once we both (myself, being the car owner, and the idiot on the motor cycle) sign some documents, and get them notarized.

The letter says that he can refuse to sign his portion, and that I can then sue him.

Dave will call our insurance agent tomorrow, as the letter from the state indicates that we should contact them. 

My guess is that they will take the money, but we'll see.

I'd like to recover our $800 deductible at least.

If that works out, then I can pay the E/R bill in full with left overs!

The timing probably won't work out, though.  I would imagine that this payment from the court will take a long time to come through, if I get anything at all out of it.

We were supposed to go to Houston for our long holiday weekend (we took Friday off), but it didn't happen.  Our hostess had a death in her family.

SO, we have really enjoyed just being free and easy with our days off.

We got one grocery store trip done on Thursday, and another on Friday.

We went to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art on Friday for a lovely special exhibit, and spent way too much money eating out a couple of times.

(that was before the E/R bill came, haha!)


Remember that my boss, who has now retired, was diagnosed with cancer last year?

The news is that she is not doing well at all.

The tumor is not responding to chemo this time, and has become huge.

It's in her abdomen, and the last time she was seen at the office (she just came in for a meeting with the VP and left--not coming back to see us even for a brief moment), she was in a wheel chair.

The location of the tumor is causing her legs to swell to the point of making her unable to walk.

Since then, she has become bed ridden, and I received news yesterday that she is currently in the intensive care unit at the hospital across from the office.

I remember when I told my doctor about my boss, and told him it was neuroendocrine cancer, he grimaced and said "Oh no, that's too bad...."

He went on to explain that, while it might have responded miraculously to the first round of chemo, that it WOULD come back, and she could go through multiple times of it coming and going, but that it would likely stop responding at some point.

He was right, but she only got one successful round of chemo.  She and her family have now elected to stop treatment, since it's not doing anything.

While I admittedly had my differences with her (tying to coerce me to leave, and making my job a living hell while I was in chemo), I am sorry that she is suffering.

I hope they are able to make her somewhat comfortable.

Today, Dave is hoping to finally do the trimming in the yard that he has been putting off for a couple of weeks, and we will go later to dinner with his son (and possible future daughter in law).

In the meantime, I will be doing laundry and my usual chores, which I have also put off.

Time to get busy!