Moving Along

Monday the 15th, was a busy day. We went to see Dr Dew. The knee looks good, he took out 8 of the 24 staples and took x-rays. He also ordered blood tests. We then went to arrange for blood tests, including a hassle with the employees, concerning a diagnostic code number. From there it was back to see Dr Limeres who squeezed us into his schedule. He reviewed the many drugs, we are taking and eliminated the anti-biotic prescribed by the emergency room Doctor of last Friday. He also re-instated the 2nd water pill, which has somehow been reduced to one.

We finally got home to do our IV, and this became IV #5.

Today, Tuesday, Chris, our visiting nurse from Omni- care came and replaced the dressing for the PICC system. While she was here, we got a call from Dr Dews' office that the latest blood test showed the indicator numbers going down, by a lot. Finally, some good news.

Last Saturday, Jerry and Lester completed the ramp for the back porch, so the"Cricket" can go up the ramp to the porch and I have only to come out the door and get on it and go. This eliminates having to go up or down stairs on crutches, and so far works well. The only problem with this system is that it has to be turned around. It has a rather large turning radius, so requires multiple turns to turn it around. Today Laura did something wrong and backed it right off the deck. Fortunately, there was stuff on the ground at that location to help support it and a chain and come- along soon corrected things. No damage done, and a protective railing will soon be installed.