Thursday, May 16th, 2019…... I
slept in this morning but once I moved, Rylee was all over me to get up and let
her out! I showered and took her out for her walk. The rains are back and it
had just stopped sprinkling when we went out. After that, I went and got my
breakfast and settled in and rested for the morning. I only had a few items on
my to-do list for today and waited to get started after reading my paper. I
dusted the house and then vacuumed and then straightened up the kitchen. I was
done for the day after that. I called Lydia and checked on her. She has been up
but still has some muscle weakness and she is worn out after a few minutes. The
doctor is due in later. I spoke to
several folks who have called me asking about her. I nuked the spaghetti
leftovers and was good to go. Later, I called back again and she sounded a
little more rested. She has been up 3 times today. The doctor says she should
be able to be released Saturday or Sunday. I am heading back up tomorrow to
spend the day with her. We have had a lot of flowers open up in the last few days. I went out and took a couple of pics of these. I'm not sure what they are called but we have a bunch of different colors!
Friday, May 17th, 2019…… My sister suggested that she come over and walk
Quincy, then we feed the dogs and then go to breakfast before I leave to head
up north for the day. Good idea! We
drove out to Shirley May’s only to find a sign on the door saying they were
closed today due to illness. So, we decided to head back to town and go to Kevin’s
instead. No big difference in the quality of food – they are both delicious!
We got
back and I took off, this time driving the Honda to get it out on the ‘road’
again. I decided to drive to Corvallis and get some gas and then follow 99E
this time to the Portland area. That was a good choice but a whole lot slower,
taking me through Hillsboro and into the city from the west. I got there and
made my way up to her floor and we visited for a while. She was just finishing
up her lunch. She said she had been up and walking and had done her ‘chores’.
Dr. Herzig had put on her board to get up and sit in her chair three times, and
then walk three times. They took her catheter out so she had to get up and go pee
on her own again. She was allowed to go back to a regular diet as well. The
only thing out of whack was her blood sugars. They have been monitoring her since
surgery. They had gone up right after surgery and today, they were lower than
normal. This happened when she had her kidney transplant as well. She was told
she was borderline diabetic but after about a month she was off all of the
testing and was back to normal. This time they were not worried either but have
been poking her finger every two hours and getting readings. His assistant came
in a bit later and said that she could go home today. We were surprised but
didn’t say no! They gave her one new prescription
plus they want her to continue monitoring the blood sugars. I will have to go
get that stuff when we get home. It took a few hours but she finally got
released. I went and got the car and they brought her down and we headed home.
We did get stuck in the usual southbound-Friday-get-out-of-town traffic but
once we cleared the normal bogdowns, we made pretty good time. No rains today,
even though it was predicted. I think we only got a few drops but that was all.
We stopped and picked up burgers and went home. Rylee was excited to see her
Grammy and I had to hold her back so she wouldn’t jump up on Lydia. We ate and
then she got back into her jammies and settled into her recliner and relaxed
and watched tv until bedtime. Rylee felt better now that she had both of us in
her bed again!
Saturday, May 18th, 2019…... Rain is in the forecast but it
was clear last night. We both slept well. Lydia has pain in the surgery area
but other than that, says he feels pretty good. She’s said she had not passed
any solid food yet so we’ll see how that goes today. She good a good shower and got dressed for the day, even though we weren't going anywhere!
The morning was clear so I
got Rylee out and walked and then came back in and made us egg and cheese sandwiches
for breakfast. My sister had found that they carry Farmer John link sausages at
our local Safeway so I added some of those to my sandwiches. After that, I
headed out to Walmart to get the glucose testing equipment. Our local Walmart
is closed right now. On Tuesday, while we were in Portland, someone had gone to
the pool chemicals area and mixed a couple together and started a fire. They
evacuated the area and the news said the sprinklers only came on in one area.
That is conflicted by locals who say the whole store went off and that they now
have everything wet in the store. All we know is that the store is still
closed. Anyway, I drove to the Albany Walmart and got everything so she can now
do the twice-a-day tests, starting tomorrow morning. We spent the rest of the
day just hanging around. The sun came out and it was a nice day and we had the
house opened up. But later in the day the skies darkened and we had a thunderstorm
pass thru. But it only lasted about 30 mins. And it was dry again for the
evening. I still need a few days of sun so I can mow again so I watch the
weather closely so I can plan ahead. Later,
I went out to Taco Bell and picked up dinner. We ate and watched tv until
bedtime.
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