Well shoot! I had a draft of Today's Blog all ready to finish up and hit "Publish", and the power surged and lost it yesterday afternoon. All the things from the day before I didn't have room or time for, or that would have made Tuesday's blog so long you would have had to read it in chapters. Some of it was cut and paste from somewhere else, some events that had happened on Monday. So this one might not get everything in that I wanted. I can't remember what I did 10 minutes ago which is the main purpose for this journal, let alone the next day. But .... Oh, Well. I'll try it again.
Judi had heard that Bud was back in the hospital, and Lois hadn't left his side for the last 12 days. Judi went and found them and visited in their room for a while. I thought they were still in New Mexico snowbirding. While they were down there he got shingles on his head and neck and it got infected with staph. He has had an awful time. They started driving home from N.M. when he began to feel bad and right into the Jackson Hospital. They've had way more than their share of medical troubles lately. Judi asked Lois what she was doing for clean underwear, and Lois said a very nice man friend they have went through her drawers at home and brought her up what she needed. Since I couldn't get unhooked in chemo to go over to see them, Lois came and said hi and visited for a few minutes.
On the way home coming through the canyons, hills and curves we kept hearing a sound like the tires squealing a little bit, finally I asked Judi if she could hear it and she said yes, and maybe had heard something on the way up too. It just did it intermittently. I was getting worried, still thinking about pulling Joe out of the snow and maybe something wrong with the transmission or maybe a low tire ..... who knows what. They Judi said it sounded like a cat squalling, and I really started worrying that maybe since I'd left the car in the yard the night before that one of the cats was stuck under the car somewhere. FINALLY I caught the sound just right and it was coming from the pump around my neck!! It sounds like when a tape recorder rewinds, maybe for a second or two. Whew, glad no cats are hurt. Another thing we had to laugh about. How silly are we?
Kay called me this morning to see if I was going to the workshop. She left about noon today. I said no I couldn't go and am pretty sorry to miss the trip. She said it was raining at her house. It was sunny here but since then has become overcast off and one with a few sprinkles. I wish we would get a nice soaking rain. Actually it would be nice if it would rain hard enough to clean the dirt off the windows.
Today I have to go in to the Pinedale clinic about 4:30 and get the pump taken off. They will flush it with heparin (No they never get their heparin from China, in case you heard about that being recalled.) and I'll be done with it until next time. I haven't been able to shower, just sponge bath, so that will feel good to get clean again. We also need to get gas in the car, and hope maybe to go through the car wash. I need just a few more things from the grocery store. Betty and Nancy will be here on Sunday, and I probably won't be back to town before then so will get stocked up for that. So after those errands we are going to Gina and Bob's for dinner tonight. That will be a really nice thing to see them again and catch up with what's been going on in their lives.
Debbie is having Tayler's swim team over for a dinner tomorrow, BBQ chicken and lots of other stuff. Forty kids - wow! They have a nice back yard with a pool so it should be a nice party. Lots of work for Debbie.
My stomach is a little growly today but I'm feeling pretty good, especially if I'd remember to take my medicine. Guess I have to be feeling o.k. to keep forgetting it all the time. I'm always very late getting it down any more. The time doesn't make a lot of difference I guess, if I eventually get it taken. Slept last night about 12 hours. The pump isn't bothering me at all.
