Lesson learned...Got to feed the soul...

Well... I hope I learn something from the last few days and take it to heart. I sure do not want to relearn this lesson again.

For the last couple days I have been rushing around, only in the house a few minutes before I am off and running again. Were talking 7 hours or so at a wack. This is one of my stress triggers for certain. I have felt sick to my stomach for the last 24 hours. First of all the doctor wrote prescriptions for my Mom that even the pharmacist did not know what the doctor was talking about. I went to the ICU nurses station and they told me it was a product called Beneprotein that they gave to her in her feeding tube is not found anywhere here in Tulsa. You can order it online but it is very expensive. I think the doctors have stock or in with these pharmaceutical companies for profit. So I am trying to find something compatible. I went to Akins today and figured I could find something there but there were additives that she can not take. (Potassium, salt etc...because she is already taking meds for this) So tomorrow it is off to GNC to find just a Whey product for protein.

By far the most stressful thing yesterday was the Pharmacy. The day before I had taken my Mom's prescriptions to the pharmacy and the medical card in my Dad's wallet was outdated so I had to pay full price for her prescription. Which I did because they told me that when I brought in their new one I would be refunded the amount. So when it was my turn to do my shift at my parents house I looked for the medical cards. During this process I found another perscription that my brother missed giving me. This meant that I was going to have to go to Walgreens on my side of town (24 hrs) when I left my parents home at 4:00 am then run it back to my parents house because my Mom needed it yesterday. When I went to Walgreens the pharmasict said the number on the card was expired Dec 31. I told her that was not possible that it came with a letter stating it came into effect Jan 1, 2010. I asked her what the perscription would cost me out of pocket because my mom needed it. She told me $97.00 (BTW... this was for an antibiotic for 3 pills) I said I can not pay that kind of money and she told me to take it up with the insurance company (in not a too nice manner) By the time I got home I was in the mode the straw that broke the camels back attitude. Ken could see I was not having a good day by my mood. After explaining to him what just happened he called the number on back of my parents insurance card to straighten this out. The lady at he insurance company verified that the card was good and asked us what location had called and verified they were on the list to fill the prescription. And not only that but there was NO record of that pharmacy calling and she said they keep all records on that on file. Ken proceeded to call that pharmacy and tell her what they said and that I was on the way there now.

When I got there and walked up to the counter and laid my purse down on the counter (think it was a little harder than I normally do) and said, "Now lets try this one more time" She came up to me showing she had already worked up the refund for the first prescription and had already verified the card was good. As I think about it she was holding up the new papers with them in front of her and distancing herself from me. (I didn't pay much attention to this till after I left) She was bending over backwards to be nice. After this I was off to my parents house again to drop off the prescription. I finally got home about 6:30 am.

My theory on this is this. We go through life and Satan puts people and things in our path to stress us out and make things hard for a Christian. He wants us to keep so busy with the little things which turn into big things because we do not keep our eyes on the mark. Also if we get caught up in rushing around etc... we do not have time to take in the word. So I was basically starving myself over the last couple days so when the hard times hit I could not cope. I pray I do not have to learn this lesson over again.

So I have a new book from the library that came in today. Out of all the books I ordered can you believe the one that came in was a book by Joyce Meyer called "The Battle Belongs To The Lord...defeating life's struggles through worship. Guess this was the book the Lord wanted me to read now.