Down But Not Out

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We've had a rough week at the AussieKail house hold this week. Josh workouts shifted this month so that he now the majority of his workout time in the morning and therefore he has to be up at 4:30 or 5:00 to complete the workout prior to going to work at 8:00 (needless to say, Kristi now feels it really isn't necessary for her to join in the morning workouts any longer!); Kristi decided it was a good time to come down with another round of sickness that kept her in bed for two days straight at the end of the week; and then to top it off Josh and a car had a bit of a disagreement this morning, which led to a whole new round of adventures.

Let's begin by saying that Kristi's main concern with Josh's bike riding on Beach Road is that there are too many cars that don't pay attention to the cyclists and cause accidents. Well, this morning that concern turned into a reality for Josh when a car decided to pull out in front of him and, although he managed to avoid the car and oncoming traffic, he hit the pavement quite hard with his left hand and his chin as his bike skidded out from underneath him. Fortunately the driver of the car, who felt terrible about the incident, drove Josh back home so we could head to the doctor.

So the thing with having American insurance in Australia is that there is only one clinic that we can go to where we can be assured we will be reimbursed for the cost of the medical expenses. So we called them up, learned that they had openings (Kristi had already planned a visit to the doctor for herself, so we decided to make this a group effort), and got directions to take the 109 tram from one end of the line (by our house) to the other (in Box Hill). An HOUR AND A HALF later, we arrived at the clinic, got ourselves in the que, and then waited yet another HOUR to see the doctor. It was a typical doc-in-the-box experience...in less than 5 minutes the doctor diagnosed Kristi with sinusitis and perscribed 10 days of amoxycillin, and another 15 minutes and 7 stiches later Josh was almost as good as new with another antibiotic perscription to fight off infection. Unfortunately the X-ray place was already closed for the day so we hope there is no breakage in Josh's hand (which is turning several shades of purple - the doctor thought that worst-case it was fractured), but an X-ray is planned for Monday to confirm and we will keep you updated. Myra, you'll be happy to know we got Josh's wedding ring off of his finger prior to it blowing up like a balloon!

With that behind us we headed home (this time by train, which saved us half an hour thank goodness) and made a stop in to the Rich Family Household to wish Grace a Happy Birthday as she is turning 1!

Now we're home and hoping for a relaxing evening and a less eventful rest of the weekend! Josh will still be doing his prescribed ride/run tomorrow...inside.