Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2020…… The weather is cooperating with us
again today so I hope later to be able to get out and get the clippings scooped
up. But first up is Rylee’s walk and then getting Lydia set up. I fixed us both
breakfast and then let Kaitlyn in for Lydia’s evaluation. She needed to go
through some of the same tests as they did on the very first meeting to check
on Lydia’s progress. Overall, she is doing really well but because she will be
most likely feeling effects from the oral meds (round 2B) starting tomorrow,
they thought best to extend the sessions for another 30 days, just to be safe.
After
Kaitlyn left, I went out and got started on the grass pick up job. I managed to
get everything done in less than an hour and then it was time to head over to
Albany for Lydia’s dialysis. When I got home, Sis was already there and she was
bagging up the grass. Funny, when Kirk and Carter are here and doing their
flowerbed weeding, they fill a trash container and then take it out to the
woods behind the property and dump it. I could do that too but instead I choose
to bag it and dump in the trash container for pickup. I am always asked why I
don’t just leave it for lawn mulch. First of all, some of the clippings don’t
always get picked up by my tow-behind raking catcher so I have plenty for that.
Second, before raking, there is always a ton of grass – more than I want lying
out there for butthead to wallow in (and turn green!) and then track into the
house! Here’s what it looks like before (Tuesday with the sun out), during, and after running the catcher
over it (on Wednesday when it was cloudy).
Thursday, Apr 30th, 2020…… We totally stayed at home today.
I walked Rylee, made us breakfast, then went out to work a bit on the blueberry
enclosure. I took off all of the lower wood border boards. I want to replace
all of them and will do so when I can get away to go to the lumber yard. FedEx
came today and delivered Lydia’s oral med (this is the round 2B). This is for
14 days. She has to make sure to not contaminate the medication and to
safeguard it. No worries – we are only two people and can do that! She plans on taking it later this evening.
Today was
also laundry day. I had Lydia do the sort and I got the five loads going in and
out throughout the day. Later, she had me get out everything for a new
casserole she was trying today. It takes egg noodles, cottage cheese, sour
cream, green onions, cooked ground turkey, cheese, tomato sauce, and spices. I
cooked the noodles and then the turkey meat and combined all of the
ingredients/mixes in layers which all went into the oven. We decided to have
just that alone and it was the right choice. I liked it and would only have her
add maybe mushrooms next time.
After
dinner, Lydia took her medication and we settled in and watched tv and that was
about it for the night. I will be closely watching for any side effects which
she may get in the next few days. Hopefully, it won’t be extreme.
Friday, May 1st, 2020…… Good night’s sleep last night for
both of us. So far, Lydia has had no issues. I made us fried egg sandwiches for
breakfast and we spent the morning lounging around until it was time to head
off to dialysis. We have been watching news from our governor’s office this
morning about opening up the state. Looks like she is working on a slower pace
and is proceeding with caution so it may take a while. I don’t think America
will EVER get back to pre-covid life. I’m betting that all of the sneeze guards
in Costco, 7/11, etc. will probably remain in place. I think that restaurants
and fast foods will have less tables and maybe every other booth open. I bet
they shut down some of the movie theater seats and still have folks maintain
the six-foot rule in lines at markets and fast food places. Some of these
things will surely make it hard for the smaller businesses to survive. We’ll
see. We left a bit later and went on to Albany. While enroute, she got a call
from the infusion center that confused her. They said she was getting a
different type of medicine for her next scheduled appointment on May 14th
and that they couldn’t do that medication at that center and that she would
have to go to Albany Hospital Infusion for that. ?? So,
she called her oncologist’s office and left a message. Janice called her back
and said that decision was made by Dr. Olivera and was less invasive to her
system, would take less time, and was not as expensive as the infusion (we are
still paying copays until we reach our max so maybe they felt guilty). Janice said she would schedule an appointment
with him the day before her shot so he could explain all of it. The Albany
center called right after that so we’re all set for that on May 14. More good
news – later, Lydia called me while in the dialysis chair and told me the nephrology
doctor came in and said her labs were back and that her creatine was getting
back to normal so her kidney seems to be functioning again. That’s great
news! For now, he said starting next
week, she would only need two days of dialysis instead of three. Maybe it will
get better going forward….
Later, I
headed back to get Lydia. I left a little earlier because I needed to get gas
in the Honda. I know it's still over $2.00 in Cali. and way cheaper in Ohio for Bill and Treasa but we're happy here too!
On the way back, we got a call from our neighbor, Corie, who said
she was bringing over some chicken noodle soup for us. So, we headed right home
and waited. Lydia hadn’t had lunch so she grabbed a dill pickle spear from the
fridge to help her along. Corie and Paul came by a bit later because Paul
wanted to bake us some chocolate chip cookies. We all sat in the living room and
talked. Good thing I had lunch today because it took a while. Once they left,
we heated up the soup and the rolls they brought and later had the cookies. All
were very good and filling. We settled in and watched tv for the rest of the
evening. A good day!
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