Cook Cooks

Although I feel a bit better tonight, I have been sick since Sunday and done nothing except sleep and read. I just finished Robin Cook's novel "Contagion." I like his work. Being a doctor himself, Cook's books offer the medical mystery buff plausible plots and details, something I like.

I often get lost in the story line and on the page, but am enjoying reading more all the time. It has been one of the things I've missed most since my brain injury... reading a good book and turning that pleasure into mental exercise. Figuring out the mystery, recognizing the foreshadowing, etc. I miss that. But even with my limited capacity to remember what has happened in the story, I am reading more and hoping to improve.

I had a scary phone call Friday. Elizabeth from Dr. Sheehy's office called to say he was retiring soon and would only be seeing patients on Saturdays, so my appointment next Tuesday was off. I told her I had already bought my non-refundable plane ticket, so she said she'd see what she could do. I asked the Lord to work it out for me. After a few hours, Elizabeth called again and set me up for a late afternoon appointment on the same day, so the Lord worked it all out.

Still, I will need to find another neurologist who knows brain injury as well as Dr. Sheehy and who will be patient with me. I am praying about that, We had already realized that we cannot afford for me to keep flying to across the entire country to see my doctors, but I am loathe to lose Dr. Sheehy and Dr. McCormick... I trust them. They know me and tolerate the times I forget things and mess things up. Also, they have helped me a great deal. I am grateful God placed me in their care and am praying to find equally wonderful and gifted doctors here... who will also put up with workmen's comp rules and payments, etc.

Who knows how I got off on this tangent but even though I'm feeling somewhat better, I'm still dizzy and will quit now. Tomorrow will be a better day.