Rockwall, Texas
Driveway
Weather Condition; High 79 Low 63, Cloudy
The insurance adjuster came this morning. He crawled around under the
fiver and took lots of pictures. He then
went to his car to prepare the estimate. He returned thirty minutes later with
a written itemized estimate and a check. He told us if we ran into any problems
with repairs or estimate to give him a call.
So far we are very pleased with Progressive Insurance. We’re very pleased
with their roadside assistance program too.
We plan to have our repairs made while in Rockport. We can have them
done at our site there. Here we would have to take it to the shop.
My little brother stopped by to see us this afternoon. He wasn’t
feeling well and was on his way home. He was complaining about having a headache
for the past 3 or 4 days.
We visited for an hour and he left. About an hour later my brother
called and asked if we could come to the minute clinic. We were less than a
mile away when he called. When we arrived at the Minute Clinic we were told by
the nurse practitioner that she believed he was having a stroke and needed to
go to the emergency room right away. My little brother is in his middle 40’s. I
couldn’t believe he was having a stroke.
She printed out his paperwork , we put him in the truck and drove him
to the hospital emergency room a few miles away.
He was not looking well when we arrived at the hospital. We were told
that the nurse practitioner had called and told them we were on our way.
They took him back immediately. We talked with a nurse and she checked
his blood pressure and heart rate. She also did a few other tests and told us
to wait for the doctor.
The problem is that while he was being checked out by the nurse, two
ambulances pulled in and that moved my brother down the list. We waited for
over an hour before they sent him back for a CAT scan.
Good news, they said there was no sign of a stroke, they think he has bell’s
palsy. I’m all too familiar with bell’s palsy. I’ve had it 5 times.
Bell's palsy is a paralysis or weakness of the muscles on one side of
your face. Damage to the facial nerve that controls muscles on one side of the
face causes that side of your face to droop. The nerve damage may also affect
your sense of taste and how you make tears and saliva. This condition comes on
suddenly, often overnight, and usually gets better on its own within a few
weeks.
I do have some slight permanent damage from having it so many times but
I lived through it and feel much better knowing that my brother has bell’s
palsy instead of a stroke.
We are now planning on pulling out of here next week for our migration
south. We have a few things we need to take care of while we’re here. The truck
needs an oil change and tire rotation. We also need to vote.