Crohn's and ulcerative colitis

I work a lot. I am a hotel manager, but as of two weeks, I'm a business owner as well. It's small, it's in the Florida Mall, but we're getting there. Me and my husband, in the long run, we know it's gonna be able to give us the freedom that we want to be able to spend time with our family. So, my first home infusion, I was very scared. I was being sent home with two drains, I've never had a drain in my life. So the next day, nurse shows up, they talk to me about not other patients specifically, but an overall that I'm not the only one, right? Like there's other people that go through what you're doing and this is what we do, this is how we can help you. They were there for me at all times. In the first few weeks, they explained to me everything that they were gonna do to help me and if that I needed something, that I could just call them right away, that it didn't need to be in certain specific times like a doctor's office. Before, I had to drive an hour, and sometimes more based depending on traffic, then I had to go to the office, the medical office where I had to wait until they actually got to me to start my IV and start the infusion. I also had to either take a day off of work because I could only get the treatment during a certain time, or I had to work right after my treatment. Now I can go to work, schedule it for the evening, she goes, like the nurse goes to my house. We do the treatment, I'm asleep, and I'm done for the day, like that's it, I don't have to be worrying about driving or falling asleep while I'm driving or me having to go back to work afterwards, so it gives me the whole day back. Also, the nurse is there, so we have built a relationship and the other day, she nail polished my daughter's nails, you know? So it's just the little things that make it all feel more comfortable and better than having to go to an office, just having it done at your home environment, with your family there to support you. I'm like, "When you get here, the door's unlocked, "just come in, you know where to set up, "you know where things are," and it's like a family now. She's part of our family. And at some point, my insurance changed, between 2017 to 18, I told my nurse I didn't want anybody else, I wanted to keep that same person, because they were already part of my family, so they pushed and pushed until it finally got approved and I was able to stay. At some point, you're gonna say, "You're like family now," 'cause you'll talk about things, you'll talk about life, they're not just there looking at you and not doing, you talk to them about your family, their family, work, this and that. So they do become someone important in your life. You won't regret it, and it's gonna give you time back, you don't have to go and drive to a center to get your infusions done. They come to your home at the convenience of your time and your day, so it's gonna be worth it to have the home infusion done.