Mid Summer

Okay so it is only mid July but it feels like mid summer sometimes.  Wow, I didn't realize that I didn't blog for nearly a week.  Guess not too much exciting is going on.

I did want to post a few pictures that my hubby took. We know for sure at least 3 of the 4 birds hatched. Maybe all 4 did and the 4th one was just squished.  I would like to believe all 4 made it.  Anyway here are three of them. The middle one looks a little scarce of feathers. Maybe it is the youngest?  Not sure. But alas they are all gone and the second picture is the empty nest.  Once again I am complaining about an empty nest, twice in the last few months! LOL!

Three of the babies

Empty nest. AGAIN!

Poor hubby has been experiencing shoulder, arm, etc pain for a while now.  He went back in February when it was starting to bother him enough to complain about it and got a steroid shot after a few x-rays. That seemed to help a few days until Molly slammed a door shut and he hurt his arm (door went against it or something), which seemed to have undone whatever good the shot was doing.

He stood it for several months more and finally at my insistence went back to the same doctor (orthopedic specialist) about it. This time the doctor wanted to get an MRI of his neck and his shoulder.  After going through two MRI's, waiting for the results and following up with that same doctor, he thought it was more an issue with his neck than his arm and had him come back 2 weeks later to see another doctor same profession in the same office, who dealt more with spinal/neck issues.  He got back from seeing this second doctor today who consulted with the first one and now wants to do a CT Scan.  Hubby is not happy and now thinking they just want to run up medical bills and do more tests. 

He isn't sure what he is going to do. He'd love to ignore it and see if it goes away but he's tried that for the last five months and it isn't working. On top of that my insurance company has required some forms to be completed to make sure it is not a preexisting condition because the insurance won't cover that!  We feel like we're getting it from all ends.  It is not a preexisting condition in that it did not happen prior to my starting my job last October, but I'm starting to think we're bound to be screwed by either the medical profession or the insurance company!

He may just try to get all the medical records from that office and call around for a better doctor!  It is easy to understand why neither one of us like to ever have to go to the doctor!