One Step Closer

I just got off the phone, after an hour long conversation, with the Breast Health Coordinator (Connie) at Shands Jacksonville. She was out of the office Friday and Monday. She had clinic half of the day today and will be there again all day tomorrow.

She got the phone call from Dr. Porcase's office on Thursday and returned the call stating that she needed more information. No one ever called her back with that information.

So......tomorrow when I take my mom in to the doctor to get her Coumadin level drawn, we need to sign a release form giving Dr. Porcase permission to release the breast biopsy pathology slides to Shands. Then we need to get them to fax the release form to Shands while we are there, so that we know that it was done and went through.

Then we have to go to the Healthcare Plaza where she had the mammogram and get a copy of the films.

When Connie comes in on Thursday, the release form should be on her desk. Once she has it in her hands, she can get the ball rolling on getting my mom scheduled to see the surgeon. She told me that she is making my mom top priority due to the size of the tumor, so we should get in pretty soon to see the surgeon.

That is where we sit right now. One step closer than we were this morning.