Monday, March 11th, 2019…... Nice
weather again today. Storms are expected tomorrow. We’ll see. I got Rylee out
and walked and then made myself some breakfast. Lydia was having some
discomfort this morning so we’re staying close to home today. My sister was
coming over for a few minutes. She was headed to Albany to go to Costco for new
fluorescent light fixtures for her garage and then to a car stereo store to
check on speakers for her car. But she wanted me to listen to it first. I found
that the left door speaker is blown. I expect that they will sell and install a
pair, which makes sense. Her gps speaker out of the dash is also pretty
squirrely so she needs a new one there too. She called later and said that the
fixtures at Costco were the same as she already has, so she just bought new led
tubes. Also, she said that the stereo folks have set an appointment for the
speaker install. Later in the morning, Lydia felt better so we took off to go
to Walmart for a few things for dinner. We wanted something easy and decided on
sloppy joes and tator tots so we got all of that stuff. They have a bakery
chain up here called Franz, that most of the stores, including Walmart, carry.
They have a really good potato hamburger bun that we like so we found those and
we were done. Besides a few more walks for muttley, that was pretty much it for
the day.
Tuesday, March 12th, 2019…… Rain last night and in the forecast. But it
barely sprinkled on us when I had Rylee out this morning. And then the sun came out for a while! But
later in the morning, it hailed on us for about 3 minutes. Then it cleared up
again and the sun came out again! Weird weather. It is supposed to rain more
this evening. Don’t blink! Kirk worked at my sister’s this morning and then
came over, even though it was hailing! We called him in the house to talk about
future projects. Lydia wants him to order her a couple of fishing rod plants.
We saw these at the Oregon Gardens last season.
They are technically called Dierama Pulcherrimum. A few
months later, she inquired at the nursery and they weren’t in stock and it was
coming to the end of the season. So, we waited and will now have Kirk use his
discount and get us a couple. He can also talk to them about the best place to
put these in the yard. The weather broke and the sun came out again so he made
quick work and got all of my downed blueberry netting cut away and all of the
broken boards piled up for me to dispose of.
Lydia was
feeling really good today. We hope that continues….. She received a call today
from the Infectious Disease Dr’s office, asking if she wanted to come in
tomorrow instead of a few weeks from now. They wanted to discuss the blood work
that has been done and to retest her blood. We’ll do that tomorrow morning. She
got out some halibut for dinner. I peeled and sliced some potatoes and we
cooked some green beans. She asked me if I wanted to watch the series premier
of Master Chef Jr. tonight on tape delay or wait. We watched Guys Grocery Games
which I had taped and then MCJr on her tv.
Wednesday, March 13th, 2019…... I got up and got showered and going
early so Lydia could go shower after me and get ready. After my walk, my sister
came over and she had Rylee out with her while I went out and got
breakfast/coffee/tea. When I got back, Lydia was dressed and we left around
9:00am for her 9:45am appointment in Corvallis. Sis was leaving Quincy so she
could go run some errands and then go home and bake. The oven drives Quincy
nuts so it was good for her to be here.
Once we
got to the Dr’s office there, she was in for over an hour. Like I said, they
wanted to do more blood work. Dr. Leonard’s office had seen that she had tested
for the CMV virus, which is cytomegalovirus (pronounced sy-toe-MEG-a-low-vy-rus).
This is a common virus that infects over half of adults by age 40. Once it’s in
your body, it stays there for life and can reactivate. Most people’s healthy
immune system usually keeps the virus from causing illness. However, people –
Like Lydia – with weakened immune systems can get it. The Dr. today said one of
the symptoms is an intestinal issue. Bingo! Dr. Leonard (her nephrologist) had seen this
in her labs and had given her a 24-day medication, but that was back before she
was on the lessor dose of anti-rejection meds. Subsequent bloodwork showed no signs,
but she wanted a consult with an infectious disease doctor, and today was the
first day we could get in. Today’s blood was drawn so that will check it again.
They want her to do these labs weekly for one month. Not having it show up in
the latest bloodwork means that the 24-day meds probably got it. Plus, the antibiotics
may have helped in clearing up her symptoms. But to ask her, she still has
discharge and pretty severe pain still. The colon wall usually doesn’t heal
that quickly so this may take more time to sort out.
After the
Dr’s. we stopped at Roz and Ali and also at Bed, Bath, & Beyond, and TJ Max
where we bought a few things before heading home. We found our friend, Brian’s,
food cart now in operation at the old Mega Foods parking lot in town, so we
stopped and got lunch from him. His truck is called Chau's Little Vietnam. His wife owns the nail salon where we go and we've tried his food at the BeerFest. It is the best! We took it home and my sister
was back to pick up Quincy and we spent some time with her before she left to
go home. We rested and then later, I took Rylee out and put her on her rope,
while I sorted out the wood from the netting from the blueberry bushes that Kirk
had taken down yesterday and piled up for me. The weather was just too nice to
stay in. We had blue skies and nice sun beating down. We are supposed to have
2-3 days of sun before the next rain. Yaay! My neighbor even was out yesterday
with his tractor, mowing his lawn. He is on higher ground so he doesn’t have my
soggy grass issues. I still have to wait but we’ll see what these next days
bring…
Neither
of us was hungry after lunch so we left dinner open. I had the rest of the
sloppy joe mix and Lydia ate some of the leftover casserole. We watched Survivor and then a few other shows
before calling it a night.
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