A Missed Phone Call

I don't like to answer the phone if I don't recognize the phone number of the caller.

With so many scam calls, and so many of those coming from numbers that appear to be local but really aren't, I usually just let those calls go to voice mail and check them later.

Late this afternoon one of those phone calls came through on my phone.  It was a Lafayette number. I didn't recognize it.  There was no identification with the number.  I didn't answer it.

However, the caller left a voice mail.

It was Dr. Larue.  He performed the cataract surgery yesterday morning.

He was calling to check on me, to see how I was doing, how I was feeling.  He reminded me that I could call him if I had any questions or needed anything.  He also said he would see me at my appointment in his office in the morning.

Two things -  I always think of doctors and other professionals as a step above me, for some reason.  I never think of them as 'real people' who live in houses, eat dinner, drive cars, shop at Walmart, and have families.  I am always surprised at any type of communication with them out of the office where my appointment is or in the realm of a hospital.  I have seen Dr. Hart at a CVS, Dr. Lipp at South Newton as a music contest, Linda his nurse at a Chinese restaurant.  It just seems odd.  So I was surprised to hear Dr. Larew's voice on the message, that HE actually called me.

The other thing is that for a long time I did not like Dr. Larew.  Gary saw him and so did Agnes.  Both of them liked him as a doctor.  But I didn't. I felt like I had to sit and wait forever when I had an appointment.  I felt like he was always abrupt with me.  Being abrupt made me feel like he didn't really care about me and my issues with my eyes.

At the first recent appointment that perception changed somewhat when we were chatting about his granddaughter and her American Girl dolls.  I guess that ties into the first 'thing' also since he does have a granddaughter!

Anyway....I was thankful for his call, and part of me wishes that I had answered it.  But because I didn't, I do have a voice mail to remind me that he is a caring, compassionate doctor.

On another note....my vision in my left eye IS improving.  The glob of junk in the corner seems to have disappeared.  The discomfort is gone.  Plus I can see much better now.  For a while I was seeing better with my right eye than my left.  Now that has shifted.

Gary said I will be very surprised tomorrow when I wake up and can see SO much better and that the colors will pop!  I hope so.

For once I will be excited to go to the doctor---and THAT NEVER happens!