Sunday, May 10th, 2020…… Happy Mother’s Day! Turns it not so much for Lydia. She is isolated from
me for now. She does not have her phone charger so she is checking to see if I
can bring it to her. Meanwhile, I have her room phone number if I need
that. They still say that tomorrow they
should be able to allow in visitors as our Governor has a plan in place to
reduce restrictions starting this Monday, and that would be on the list. Both
kids know where she is so no shock when they call her today. She says she is
feeling ok, just weak. She still has a fever and is a fall risk so she’s back
on a bedpan for now. She is resting today and trying to recover. I am glad she
has the care that I can’t give her for this.
Meanwhile,
I hadn’t planned on working on the yard today to pick up the grass but the
weather is now showing rain later this evening and my window is closing. So, I headed out and got that job done and the
grass piled up. Sis came over and got it all bagged up. Since the lawn was not
super long, we only had 12 bags this time and she made quick work of it.
I rested
after that and hung around the house for the rest of the day. Dinner was
leftover pizza.
Monday, May 11th, 2020…… Still no visitors allowed in hospitals here in
Oregon. So, I took off and drove there and dropped off her phone charger at the
front desk. I called her to let her know that I was there and to expect it to
be brought up. She is doing just ok, with pneumonia found in her right lung.
We’re still not sure how she got it, but irregardless, she is in good hands
there in dealing with it. She is tired and winded and hasn’t had much sleep.
They have her on fall risk alert because she is very weak on her legs. Meanwhile, me and the butthead are here at
home. I walk Rylee and play with her and try to stay busy. The rains aren’t
here yet so I took advantage by doing the rest of the sanding on the trailer. I
think I got everything that I can reach with the sanding wheel on the grinder.
Next, I will have to use a dremel or similar to get into the smaller areas to
knock out the rusty spots. After that, I
need to prime everything. Sis came by and took a picture of me working on the
trailer and one of Quincy and Rylee “social distancing” in the yard.
I had the
rest of the stroganoff for lunch and made ‘wienie rolls’ for dinner. That is a
hot dog, with chili and cheese, wrapped up in a flour tortilla. Tasty and
different. And easy!
Tuesday, May 12th, 2020…… Lydia’s creatinine was back up over 2
yesterday so her kidney doctor has recommended that she go back in for
dialysis. She said they did that yesterday. Her doctor has told her this
morning that her number is now back just below 2, but to be on the safe side,
she will have to go back to twice-a-week for a while at the dialysis center
when she gets home. Governor Brown is waiting for requests, by county, to be
allowed to re-open and both Linn (our county) and Benton (Corvallis) counties
are among those requesting. There is a list of requirements to be met before
anything is granted. Slow but safe. I get it.
Kirk and his
helper, Carter, came by today. I have asked him to double up their hours for a
while so they can really get into weeding. My flowerbeds have taken off with
the spring weather now here! Also, the weeds match that growth as well and are
overwhelming everything else! They need
some attention asap. Funny, when I was outside working, it was overcast but
still nice and dry. I talked to Kirk and then told him he had a dry day today.
Oops, I jinxed it! The skies opened up
and it poured for about 3 minutes. Kirk ran to the shop and Carter hid under a
tree out in the field. But, like I said, it only lasted a short time and then
they were back at it again. My bad!
With the
shutdown, we have been ordering online like crazy. I have decided to add dvd
players to the tvs in each room and we needed 2 more. Those came today from
BestBuy.com and I got them installed. Lydia also got in some clothes she ordered
from Blair. That’s something for her to do when she gets home again.
Not much
else happening. I have received some calls about Lydia and gave them the latest
info. Her phone is on and folks can call her. If she feels up to answering, she
will definitely talk to you.
I wasn’t
too hungry and decided to just put a chicken pot pie in the oven. Turns out it
was good timing and hit the spot an hour later. I watched tv and then went to
bed.
Wednesday, May 13th, 2020……
Not much progress for Lydia today. She still has trouble breathing and
when she moves around at all, she starts coughing. I feel so bad for her…
Today was
a cleaning day for me. Or rather, half a cleaning day for me. I dusted and
vacuumed and that was about it. I have some laundry to do but I will probably
work on that tomorrow or Friday. Rains are off and on this week. Today, it is
sprinkling so not too bad. But that limits my chores to indoors today. I was
planning on going out to the flowerbeds and cleaning up the edges of them a
bit. There is no transition from the grass to the dirt/bark and the grass is
creeping over and becoming ragged.
I need to
work on that. But it’s too wet today. Later, I made some tamales for dinner and
called Lydia. She will be trying to watch The Masked Singer but I am taping it
just in case. I watched it and then part of the Survivor 3-hour finale. On the
Masked Singer, I missed out on guessing The Rhino. I wouldn’t know his voice
but when Jenny first guessed Barry Zito last week, I agreed based on the clues
up til then. I ended up cutting Survivor short as it was getting late and I was
tired. So, Rylee and I headed off to bed.
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