This morning it is definitely warmer outside than yesterday.  You could just feel it in the house, even before one looked at the outside temperature.  Soon it will  be time for me to walk the hall and make sure Susan is awake from her beauty rest, she has the opening shift at work today.
  Which brings me back to that fateful day May 22, 2010 when our lives changed forever.  I can tell you about events leading up to and including that day, as some of my memory is slowly returning.  But events from that day foreword are still foggy and come and go.  Some days I remember and some days I don't.  Hopefully this is only a side effect of the medication I am on, which I am to slowly start being removed from after my next set of tests.
  Anyways that day started off great!  We had left the lake early, Susan dropped me off at the shop so I could quickly grease the truck, then I would bobtail to our house pick her up, and we would be off to California on another produce run!  I remember we had a good delivery, a solid reload.  I remember when we got home we were taking two weeks off.  I remember being happy and telling Susan I would see her shortly.  I remember putting on my coveralls, getting under the truck to grease the drive line.  I remember being in a hurry to get from underneath so I could finish up and do the front end, and then nothing..............  I mean nothing.......... some stars********* laying there swearing at being so stupid!!!!! hitting my head********  Getting out from underneath the truck, shaking off a good headache, a bit dizzy and stars!  Did I knock myself out?  I don't know, how long did I lay there, a second, a minute.  I do not know, I shook it of and finished greasing the front of my truck.  When I went to remove my coveralls ( about 10 minutes later) my whole left side started going numb my headache had continued in the meantime to get worse.  I phoned Susan, she asked me what are you doing down there, did you meet up with someone?  Are you having coffee?  What's going on?  I told her my situation, I thought I might be having a stroke or heart attack!  I had completely forgotten about hitting my head by this time.  Susan immediately came down to the shop and took me to St Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon.  Later we determined that I had lost at least 30 to 45 minutes that we could not account for.  From my personal notes the hospital was told I hurt myself at work, and then when I was cleaning up and putting my coveralls away became disoriented and felt numbness down my left side.
  I guess they determined I might be having a stroke or heart attack and did not warrant further investigation into the possibility of a possible concussion!  Another slip-up in our, 'overworked' medical system.  After spending the morning at the hospital, numerous tests later, Blood pressure somewhat under control, I was sent home.  I was told to take it easy for the weekend, take Tylenol for my head pain, and see my family Dr after the weekend.
  Over the course of the weekend, my headaches became worse, the swelling on my head got worse!  After the weekend when I got into see my Dr., the swelling had started to subside somewhat, when he saw me he said, 'you have not been here'!  'What the hell are they trying to do to you'?  'Kill you'!  'Go to RUH'.  'Tell them when you hit your head'!  'My God man, I believe you are suffering from post traumatic concussion'!  'If you go there at least you will have the experts look at it'!  So now because someone at St Paul's hospital took it upon 'themselves' to make a determination on 'paperwork',  I might not have a claim, 'GEE' I love bureaucracy!  At least that's what WCB is leading us to believe, or is this more misleading lies on their part?
  Tomorrow our story shall continue, but for now I shall go and make some breakfast and then get some more work preparation done on the tile job.  I want to make sure all the grout lines a free and clear Derek has volunteered to come and do the grouting for us.  We really appreciate what he (Derek), and the rest of the family has been doing.  Especially since 'the day' they all have been tremendous support for us at Building the Simple life..................