September 19, 2008
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Finally Friday
Good Friday morning all. I hope this finds you all healthy & happy. The weekend has either begun for you, or will in a few short hours.
You all know Tancy had a doctors appointment yesterday for her neck. They took an X-Ray to check out the plate from her surgery almost a year ago. We, finally, got to see the doctor and he said, based on the X-Ray’s (which remember doesn’t show discs, etc. Only bones and her plate.) she was healed perfectly from the surgery and everything looked good. He said that “flare ups” aren’t unusual and if you can ride it out, it usually resolves itself. Since she has been feeling some better, he wants us to give it about 6 weeks. If between now and then it gets worse, we will schedule an MRI and see how her discs look. If at week 5 she’s feeling a ton better, we’ll call and cancel the appointment. But he definitely didn’t want to rush into anything and seemed very happy with how things looked from her surgery.
Things like that are always so strange. You don’t want anything to be wrong, but you want an explanation for why you hurt. I think he told her exactly what she expected to hear… but I am sure it still has to be frustrated to have that level of pain & no real reason.
I talked to Mom yesterday immediately after we spoke to the doctor. My Paw-Paw’s brother passed away yesterday. He had been sick for some time and in the hospital for a while. It’s always hard to hear of a family members passing, but I know he is not in any pain anymore… and he’s got good company up there. My thoughts and prayers are with his wife, kids and grandkids.
We went to the “Festival In The Park” with Sandy yesterday evening. It was nice. Lots of “fair” food. Lots of arts and crafts (like jewelry, wood turning, pottery, etc.). I would LOVE to learn pottery and glass blowing. Not at the same time. I’d like to start with pottery. But glass blowing fascinates me!! I am amazed by peoples creativity ad artistic ability. I feel a bit inept sometimes in that department. But honestly, I have tried so little, I can’t say that I don’t have the ability. I can write. I have done a little water color painting & some chalk drawings… but I don’t “draw” so that presents its own challenges. We had a good time, but by the time it was over our feet were hurting… and my back was really getting worse.
We headed home, on our way taking Sandy back to her car. Then on to the house. We really enjoyed spending the evening with Sandy. She’s a mess and when you put her & Tancy together it is sure to be entertaining! We were exhausted when we got home. I put an ice pack on my back and settled in to go to sleep. Thankfully it didn’t take long for me to fall asleep last night.
This morning I need to get moving… but just don’t feel motivated to. I have a few things I want to get done before Linda gets here. I don’t know if I will get it all done… She’ll be here around 11:30. After we are done at our house we are going to look at a few properties. There’s one, 22 acres with a double wide on it. 60K. Come to find out the trailer is considered “uninhabitable” by the seller. And there’s a sewer easement on approximately 1/4 of the property. So, that changes the appeal of the place. I don’t know.We will go look at it, and for 60K, you figure there’s still 16.5 (approx.) acres unaffected. We would have plenty of room to build & room for our family to come, stay, whatever.We shall see. After that I think we will both want to take it easy.
Tancy’s foot was still hurting her this morning & my back is still hurting me… so a leisurely evening would be nice.
I hope you all have a good day. Please keep Uncle “Toad’s” family in your thoughts and prayers.
Love to all!
Me
