St. Joseph Medical Center
Select Specialty Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona
Michael giv
es us all kinds of looks throughout the day. I’m not sure what they all mean, but I have a pretty good idea what the one on the left means. “Do Not Disturb! I am busy with the duck!” I was trying to capture a pose from him for a Valentine Card, but what do I know?Lisa will as be coming home as soon as she completes the hyperbaric therapy that she began 3-days ago. Everything else, all of the other treatments, I mean, (physical, occupational, and speech therapy) will continue throughout her hospitalization at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Phoenix. “So when, you ask?” We are anticipating, by late February-early March. Blue Cross/Blue Shield approved her receiving the hyperbaric treatments and the necessary hospitalization time to have them admin-istered. The prescription called for 20, Monday-Friday sessions or 4-weeks time.
I want so very much to have you feel uplifted, about the magnanimous response we received for leave-time for Lisa. Hours flooded in! Enough hours to get Lisa and her family where they needed to be, in order to save the farm-so-to-speak! It was a “Guide Post,” moment for us. May G_d Bless You!
Richard heard from, Betty Willis, Lisa’s Human Resources Specialist. She said that Lisa’s application for retirement was approved by the Office of Personnel Management, and Richard also received a copy of the notification. Clarified this means that Lisa will be separated from the Office of Homeland Security 03 February 2007, and her leave-donations will cease on that date as well. Ms. Willis then noted, “That any excess leave-time must be returned to the donor.” Richard then asked Ms. Willis, “… about the leave-time that came to Lisa by folks facing a, ‘use-it-or-lose-it’ situation? Will they get the opportunity to give it to someone
else in need, or would the time just be lost?” To which Ms. Willis replied, “[Unfortunately] we have no control of what will happen with the leave once it is restored to the employee. If it results in leave that they may possibly lose, they will individually have to take that matter up with their agency.” At this time I’m thinking, “No good deed goes unpunished.”This picture of Bathtub Boy gives you an idea of how Lisa and Richard’s son (11 month old) Michael can melt ones heart! Are all grandchildren capable of this, or is it just me?
Michael (mlwintory@msn.com)
