A few answers on the accident injury

JPS actually got Rassie in for an MRI last night and he got to se a nuerosurgeon today.  He has a chronic slipped disk in his back.  They let him take off the neck brace and sit up.  They are also feeding him finally. It's about time. I know he was starving.  Today is the first day he has had anything to eat or drink since Saturday.  Yesterday they finally gave in and let him have a few ice chips but other than that he was getting nothing but a saline drip.  

The nuerosurgeon suggested transferring Rassie to Scott & White because his recovery will take 4-6 weeks and it would be better if he were closer to home.  Because if they do let him come home he will need extensive physical therapy and we can't drive back and forth 2 hours one way everytime he has a pt appointment.   But, once Rassie get's here to Scott & White their treatment may be different than what JPS would do. So it's just a wait and see situation.  Right now we are waiting for the transfer to be approved. It is a whole process of JPS calling S&W and getting a doctor here to accept Rassie as a patient. Getting dishcharge papers from JPS getting and ambulance transport in between 911 calls and finally the trip down here.  We are pretty sure since it's already 8 pm that the transfer is not going to happen tonight but are really praying it does tomorrow. So keep us in your prayers for an approved transfer and a safe drive down here.

Rassie's employer is also giving us trouble and saying Rassie was admitted to the hospital due to a personal illness and not because of his injury at work. We are trying to get that worked out and are considering talking to an attorney. We already have a few picked out that we are going to call for a consult to see if we want to go any further. Maybe just the consult will get his employers on the right path and stop them from denying him workmans comp during his recovery.