Wednesday, March 20th, 2019…... We
actually got to sleep in a bit this morning. We got Rylee fed and then she came
back to bed after gobbling up her breakfast. But, instead of playing, she was
content to lay down at the foot of the bed, so we took advantage and got a few
more minutes to rest and doze for a bit. My sister came over with Quincy and
Lydia got up to let Rylee out to run while I took a shower and got dressed. She
made a call to the surgeon’s office this morning. She wanted to let them know
how she was doing. The report is that not much has improved since coming off of
the antibiotics. She is still toying with the colon resection surgery but she
wants to see if he recommends another round of antibiotics or maybe just
scheduling it. The physician’s assistant called back later in the afternoon and
took down some more info to pass on to the dr. who will call back tomorrow or
Friday.
Today, Kirk was coming over for most
of the day to work on powerwashing the moss off the house. After breakfast, I
got my ladder out and positioned on the shop, where he will start first. I got
out my power washer and got the water hose and electric hooked up. He got there
and got started. I chose the shop because it is not as steep a pitch as the
house. He spent quite a bit of time on the shop and the pressure worked well in
removing all of the moss. But I saw it was going into the rain gutters. I have
an issue with that because the downspouts go into a closed system that goes
into underground pipes that channel everything out to the rain ditch way out
(125’ or more) by the street. I don’t want to force anything down there that
might get clogged up. So, I had him wash it down close and then straight off
the side of the roof, avoiding the gutters. That worked well so all he had to
do was use his blower and send it off to the grass, where I can get it when I
mow. After a short break, he moved on to the house. He had another job to do
today, so he only did about a third - the garage and my office on the west end
of the house. We got everything cleaned up and Kirk left. Lydia had said she
wanted to go to dinner. I chose The
Depot in Albany for scallops. It’s not fancy but it’s my favorite seafood place
in the area. We got back and fed monster puppy and let her out to run for a bit
before coming in for the night. We watched Master Chef Jr and got all caught up
on that and then moved on to watch tonight’s Survivor we had taped, before
calling it a night.
Thursday, March 21st, 2019…… This morning we planned on heading back to
Albany to go to Lowe’s. But first we stopped at Elmer’s for breakfast.
Yummy! Lydia wanted some more plants and
I was looking for a dryer flexible vent exhaust line for my motorhome garage.
We also looked at new vanity light fixtures for the master bath. She also found
and bought some more colorful plants for the yard. Oh boy, more work for me!
The rain
was back today. The weather report shows a few small cells offshore for the
next couple of days. During the drive today, we saw only sprinkles that barely
got the ground wet. We had seen a report on the news yesterday about the Wooden
Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn. We went last year (Rylee’s first outing!) and
it was gorgeous! But the late winter has
screwed up the expected peak bloom so the fields look barren. They will still
have the festival but they won’t have the crowds this time. We’ll pass too. Lydia
heard back from the gastrologist. They have an opening tomorrow so we’ll head
up there.
Friday, March 22nd, 2019…... This morning we got up and went
to get coffee and then to meet my sister at another one of Linda’s estate
sales. They opened at 7:45am and the cars were lining the street and the house was
full of folks looking for bargains when we got there. Lydia and I hardly ever
buy from one of these sales. The little company Linda works for always prices
everything on the higher end. They expect all of the good stuff to go on Friday
at the higher prices (which is good for the sellers). On Saturday they mark
everything down to half price IF you spend $25.00 or more. We met up with my
sister and talked a bit before we left. I asked her to feed Rylee if we don’t
get home from Portland in time. As I mentioned, we didn’t buy anything and left
to go to breakfast. Penny joined us at Kevin’s and then afterward, we came back
home and Lydia got ready and we headed up north. We had plenty of time so we
took Hwy 99 instead of I5. The GPS routed us there with no issues. Not much on
the physical exam side, the dr. visited with us for the most part. Lydia told
him that on Monday she was ready for surgery but each day from that she has
been feeling a little better. He is not in a hurry nor wants to push surgery any
time soon. Even though he wrote her a prescription for more antibiotics, he
would rather she go as long as she can without because the cycle starts over
again. She needs to go without (if she can) so he can get read on if she’s
healing or not. We both felt that it was a great meeting and worth the long drive.
He did discuss her diet and made some recommendations about eating a higher
fiber diet for a while which is easier on her system. He wants her back in a
month for a flexible sigmoidoscopy. That’s the mini version of a full
colonoscopy. She only needs that because her issues are in the lower section of
her colon. After getting out of the underground parking structure and back on
the street we headed back home the same way we came up, but decided to stop in
Salem at Olive Garden for ‘linner’ and then headed home. Penny was still there
after feeding Rylee. She brought Quincy and they played for a while and that
gave monster puppy some exercise for the day. We ate a few cookies for dessert
and we were good for the night, which we spent watching our programs.
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