Friday, November 25, 2016

It's good to be a little bit redneck.

I mentioned that we have had a few hiccups in coming home. Medications, prescriptions and medical supplies. The saga with the medical supplies included problems getting the pulse-ox machine to the left, and just about everything to do with the feeding equipment. Bags, formula, a pump and a pole were to be here by Tuesday. The formula and bags came Wednesday, with 1/2 of the formula cans broken open and spilled all over the box. The pole wasn't sent, and they told us we could just continue to use the pump they gave us at the hospital. The bag is supposed to hang above the pump, so we rigged the following using a tripod and a mic stand. :)

Still not very portable. Today, the stand came, along with hooks to hang the bag from, but no way to attach the pump. They told me the clamp should have come with the pump (that they didn't send when they told us we could keep the one we were handed at the hospital) Since it can't float in thin air, and the medical supply company is located in Syracuse and cannot get us a clamp until Tuesday, I rigged a clamp, complete with a mounting stud for the pump (which has a female thread on the back like a camera does to go on a tripod).


Here's the close up of my metal tape clamp and mounting stud.


The final result got the approval of all, and the rolling of eyes as 
I hummed the MacGyver theme song.


Apparently, the president of the medical feeds supply company will be calling me Monday because they never drop the ball on important stuff like required medical equipment for caring for critically ill patients. I guess we can feel special that they messed up three times (formula packed badly, the pole not being sent, and not sending the pump with a clamp for attaching). 

It sure would have made the first few days at home quite a bit easier if things had gone according to plan, but we are still making it, and are still very blessed.

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