It has been a busy week since we returned from our
vacation. I had a lot of catching up to
do on Monday: paying bills, doing
laundry, buying groceries, etc. Tuesday,
I had to take Daddy to a doctor appointment in Ft. Worth. That turned into
quite the adventure! We were making good time and should have arrived early.
Daddy told me where the doctor’s office was, so I dropped them off at the door
and then hunted down a parking space. When I finally made it to the lobby,
Daddy told me his doctor’s name wasn’t on the list of doctors in the building.
So I used the GPS on my phone to find out exactly where his office was. I went
back to get the car, and as I was driving up to the front of the building, I
saw Daddy and Bobbie getting in someone else’s car!!! I honked until they
looked up and noticed me. Then they crawled out of the stranger’s car and came
and got in mine, like nothing had happened out of the way. When I asked if the
driver of the other car had said anything about them getting in, Daddy said he
was there to pick someone up…so I guess it was an Uber driver. I came “that
close” to losing the folks!
We made it to the correct office building and the rest of
the visit was uneventful. I got the folks back to Brookdale just in time for
lunch. I had a couple of errands to run, so I just dropped them off and then
returned a couple of hours later to take them to Daddy’s appointment with the
kidney doctor. He was quite concerned about Daddy’s declining kidney function.
It has dropped 20% points since June and is borderline for stage 4 kidney
failure. He tweaked his meds to take some of the strain off of his kidneys and
told him to push the water and cut out salt. He also ordered a renal ultrasound
and more bloodwork. We go back in 4 weeks.
Yesterday, I had a CASA visit to observe in Ft. Worth, which
took all morning. Afterwards I met up with Sheila for lunch, and we spent the
whole time discussing arrangements for our upcoming trip to Vietnam. Since she
was issued her Article 5 on Monday, we could be leaving within a month’s time!
So we are getting our visa applications ready to be sent off and getting our
typhoid shots on Monday. I plan to talk to my doctor next week about getting
something for anxiety…just in case…for the 24 hour plane ride. I’ve flown
commercially 5 times in my life: once to
Houston from Dallas and back (1 hour each way), once from St. Louis to DFW
(about an hour), and once to Spokane, then from Seattle to DFW (about 3 hours
each). The trip to Washington and back was the only time that I didn’t have
anxiety about flying. I may do fine on this trip, but it is better to be safe
than sorry on a trip like that!
Today, Daddy had two more doctor appointments. This morning
we saw his primary care doctor and this afternoon, his dermatologist/plastic
surgeon. He is going to have his skin cancer on his nose removed in 3 weeks,
then have a skin graft the next day. He goes to see an interventional
cardiologist in a week and a half because of the leaky valves in his legs. Then
he’ll go see our dentist at the end of October. That should get him pretty much
caught up! (Of course, with this kidney failure, we will probably be seeing the
nephrologist pretty regularly after that!)
Tomorrow, I don’t have anything scheduled! That will let me
get caught up on housework. Then Saturday morning, we are leaving for
Shreveport. We’ll pick up Sheila on the way. Dennis is holding them a short
meeting this weekend. We are looking forward to visiting with all of them!
Daddy and Bobbie are leaving on the 4th to go to
Spur for their homecoming. Tonette is taking them. They will stay through the
weekend. Bobbie is really looking forward to that trip! That same weekend is
Sheila’s adoption shower. Stephen and Mandy and the boys are coming. We are
going to celebrate Shepherd’s 3rd birthday, too. Sure looking
forward to seeing my boys! I have really been missing them lately!
So that’s what is going on around here. What’s happening
where you are?
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