Monday 7th June was the day before my TB tests were finally due out of their 8-week gestation in the lab. Needless to say I was feeling pretty relieved that this unnecessary delay was nearly over and we could get back on track again.
So, when the postie dropped another brown letter from London through the door that morning it wasn't exactly what I was hoping or expecting. "What the hell can this be," we thought?
"IN ORDER TO CONTINUE PROCESSING YOUR APPLICATION WE REQUIRE THE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS MARKED BELOW: MEDICAL EXAMINATION FOR AMBER."
Now bearing in mind that Amber had her medical the same day we (the remainder of the family) had ours, which by now was a good 4-months ago, there was a lot of WTF and head scratching going on in the McFarlane household.
I won't bore you all with the details but over the next 3-days a flurry of phone calls and emails ensued between me, my DMP and the CHC. The upshot being that there had been a good old fashioned 'administrative error' on behalf of the latter.
Coincidentally, my TB results actually turned up on the Wednesday and were completely clear, as was the follow up x-ray which had nothing showing either. 'I told you so,' will be the enduring memory of these events, but despite our protests and efforts to prove these tests were an unnecessary waste of time there was no way around it. That's good old CHC for you!
Anyway, at the end of the day the status quo has been restored and we can go back to the seemingly endless waiting game. According to CHC, Amber's medical results are still 'in a queue awaiting detailed review' I'm hoping that means somebody has actually done something with them, after all they've been there for 4-months already.
In the words of Tom Cruise in 'A Few Good Men'.....................'and the hits just keep on coming.'
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