Indian River

Thanks. I'm feeling somewhat better. I've been kinda grounded due to the pain pills. Swelling is starting to go down. I've been out a month as of Tuesday so I'm still trying to get home. I'll get it pulled once I'm home.

 

Lol. As much pain as I was in a few nights ago I was tempted to do some lancing with my pocket knife.

 

Not at all. It was late in the evening when I got off I-94 and went into Michigan City looking for a hospital. Once I got out of the emergency room I drove to CVS Pharmacy and called night dispatch to let him know everything. He asked how I was and told me to stay put there for awhile if CVS would let me. The following morning I drove 30 miles to the Gary Loves and sent some detailed messages over the computer just in case night dispatch didn't notify day dispatch. That's when they arranged to re-power my load. They told me to rest. This was on a Sat. That Monday safety contacted me and told me I needed to stay put for a few days due to the pain pills. On Wednesday the safety director Mark G. called me to check on me. He couldn't have been any nicer. He told me if I felt ok he would go ahead and release me to dispatch so I could get rolling. Once that happened I got patched over to Randy who also asked how I was feeling and if I was ok. I went to I-96 Tank Wash dropped and hooked and am back at it now. Loading to go to Darlington, WI as we speak. Hoping for a load towards Oklahoma so I can get my time off and have this tooth pulled.

 

I finally made it home yesterday around 11pm. I live in OKC, so they put me on a load from Menasha, Wisconsin to a calf ranch in Cimarron, Kansas then I dead headed home from there. I was out for 5 weeks. On the way home, Clovis dispatch called and wanted to know what was going on, so I explained to them how I had been running the Midwest and trying to get home for the last 2 weeks, the hospital visit, the grounding for 5 days in Gary, etc.. They wanted to know when I would be returning to work. I told them Saturday morning and that would give me 4 days off. I was told to call them Friday for a game plan. It's nice to be home, although my wife works Mon-Fri so it's too bad it couldn't have been on a weekend. I submitted my initial home time request on Dec 23rd to be home Dec 30th. I got home January 16th. I guess part of it is to blame on the tooth abscess and all that. Anyway, just thought I would give another update. Drive safe.