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Medix 311 is back in service, available.

It's been a rough couple weeks since Christmas. While my little car accident didn't incapacitate me, it did make me surlier than usual. My wife and I have been down to one vehicle, which isn't so fun for her when she has to drive me to and from work on my 24s. Oh, I also got the damage estimate back on my car.

Drum roll please... $8000. That's right--8-K, 8-grand, 8-Gs.

$8000 on a car worth $1100. So needless to say, Allstate is going to total my car. Right now, my twisted wreckage of an automobile is somewhere in Central Oregon awaiting an Allstate service tech to verify the damage so they can cut me a check. Looks like I'll be new car shopping at the end of the month.

Additionally, I just had to drop $1000 today for a new washer and dryer as my current washer that is 20+ years old crapped out on me. My wife and I figured that it's better to replace them both at the same time.

My water heater has been acting up. I'm hoping it's because the washer was causing it trip its breaker. But who knows...

Oh, but I do have one piece of good news. Great news, really. Last night was my fire department's annual awards banquet and guess who was awarded Firefighter of the Year. That's right--me. Really, I'm honored and pretty humbled by it. My fire chief had so many nice things to say about me that I was a little embarrassed to receive the award.

That's it for now. Again, I promise I'll be back soon with Drunks 3, and it will be well worth the wait. Take care.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone in blogger land (even though it's almost over). I took some time for the holidays, but I'll be back with regular posting and Drunks 3 soon.

Happy New Year everyone! Stay safe and enjoy the holidays.
- Medix 311

At Home EMT 3

Meghan and I went to go see the podiatrist again last Thursday and our appointment was blissfully short. The doctor came in, asked a few short questions then re-examined the foot. Everything looked good he said so on went the walking cast--a big, two piece ski-boot looking thing with air bladders. Meghan has officially graduated from Neanderthal foot to space boot status.

She should be upon on her own two feet first week of August. Here's hoping.

At Home EMT 2

I took my wife to see the podiatrist last Thursday and it was a mix of good and bad news. The x-rays he took of her foot after getting the splint off showed a 2.8mm avulsion fracture to the talus bone. The good news is that do to the small size of the fracture, surgery isn't likely and she should be in a walking cast in the first week of July. Hopefully, she'll be fully healed by the end of July.

The bad news is that the urgent care clinic where she had her follow up x-rays taken 2 weeks ago did a poor job of wrapping and splinting her foot. Due to insufficient padding, pinch points, and pressure points that were formed into the splint, my wife is developing ulcerations in her foot. We know about it now, so we're taking steps to make sure they heal up properly, but the podiatrist tells us his biggest concern at this point is this soft tissue damage.

Hopefully, all goes well. My wife is tired of not being on her feet. We're hurting for income since she's not working (why can't she hurt herself at work?). And summer is just starting, the weather is improving and we can't be out together enjoying it. Think good thoughts for us.

At Home EMT

After attending my niece's 4th birthday party on Saturday, my wife took a bad fall down a few concrete steps and broke her foot. Due to the location and type of break, the doctor's have put her on bed rest until we meet with a podiatrist next week. Chances are though, she'll be on bed rest through the rest of the summer.

Because she is out of work from this, it has caused me to readjust my schedule, both at work and at home, so that I can take care of her. I've had to shift around a lot of priorities and my blog has had to move down the list some. I plan to keep writing, but it won't be as often or as much. I know that's its only a small fracture, but with the two dogs and cat at home, plus house work, taking care of Meghan, and picking up extra shifts to make up for lost income, I'm going to be busy.

I know my readership has grown a lot in the last month, for that I'm truly thankful. It's great to be in a community with so many like minded people. Keep checking back often and know that I'm still reading all of yours.

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