Mom and dad are home

Heidi here.

In the event that anyone is checking in to see If they're home, they are. They made it home in two days and Ray and Luella were there when they arrived to help them unload. And sue and Lester had gone over earlier to open the place up and turn stuff on for them.

So that's the update. They made it home without incident.

Now it's our turn. Current target is mid-July?

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we are coming home

yesterday, we saw Dr Dew and and he took x-rays and said to come back when neccessary. He said the other side of the bone that makes up the knee joint is now wearing and when/if the pain gets to be too much, it will be time to put in the the replacement.

This morning we saw the kidney specialist who verified that my kidneys are ok, and we do not need dialysis. he said I should be taking iron tablets because my iron is low. Otherwise, everything is fine, so go North if we want to. We then visited our new GP, Dr Burros, who agreed that things appear to be in pretty good shape, so we should be able to travel North, to come back and see him when we get back. So we have clearance to go North.

Now we have to decide what to take, what to leave, whether to pull the boat or leave it in the water. We have some lawn work to do and the the actual loading of the car and trailer. And the temperature is predicted for the low 90's.

We are not certain when we are leaving, but it will probably be over the weekend, and it may take 3 rather than 2 days. We also do not know how long we will be up North, but will figure that out later.

Possible good news

Today we went to St Augustine to see Dr #4, in our tangled mess. This was our third trip to St Augustine this week, and tomorrow, we go that way again.

Today,we visited Dr. Manacal, who is the infectious disease Doctor assigned to us when we went into the hospital to remove the knee apparatus. He is the one that controlled and co-ordinated the anti-biotic program concerning the empty knee. We did not see him, but rather, his assistant, Amy. We are done with him right now, until we get to the point of actually re-inserting the knee replacement, when they will make sure the infection is really gone.

Early this week, we completed the series of Cat scans of the kidney that had been ordered by Dr Malik, the kidney specialist, and we will not learn the results of these tests until next Tuesday.

However, we have made sure that each Dr gets a copy of the blood tests that we now have done weekly. Amy had their copy of the test done on Tuesday, and she was willing to share some of the info. Some value in the previous blood tests was 4.9 and 5.1 which indicated some kind of potential kidney problem. The value obtained on Mondays test was 2.9 and a "normal" reading is about 1.9, so we are trending downward. So hopefully there is no kidney problem.

This will mean 3 out 4 Doctors will clear us to go North for a while, so maybe we will be coming North for a while. Keep tuned.

Thank goodness for air conditioning

As you know, it gets warm in Florida during the spring and summer. Fortunately, we had the ac repaired in October. We are running high 80s, low 90s and lots of sun. When we were advised to stop the anti biotic we were also advised to check in with the Kidney specialist, because of potential damage due to the high level anti biotic. We were directed to Dr Alnick in St Augustine who scheduled us for an ultrasound, which was done on the 30th and a cat renal scan, with and without the dye, which was done on the 3rd and 4th of May. We are now awaiting the results, which we will learn on Tue, the 11th.

Meanwhile, tomorrow, we are scheduled to see Dr Manikal of infectious disease, and on Monday, Dr Dew, the ortho pedic surgeon.

Meanwhile, we have been busy, going to the Eustis and Super Flea Markets. We spent both days of the last weekend in April at Barberville, enjoying the music. Lester and Sueleft on 27th and arrived home on the 29th, with no problems.

Last Wed, Laura started to replace the kitchen floor with vinyl squares that look like wood. The job is now 95% done, with only a liitle remaining under the refrigerator. It looks good and should last a while.

Last Saturday, we went to the Super Flea in Ocala, and then went to Silver springs and rode two of the boat rides. Sunday, we went to the St Johns Flea Market, where I found and bought another guitar. This one is made by Trinity Fair,, the same people who make Johnson and Indiana guitars. It has great looks, great sound, included a gig bag, extra strings, extra picks, a strap, and no sales tax for a total of $90.

Laura has cleaned up the boat pretty good, and I was able to re do the filter so it is clean and tight and the motor runs decently.

For some reason, we are not seeing alligators.. The water temp is about 87 degrees, but we are enjoying the rides.

Today, Norma, Janice and Don came for the day.They had a nice boat ride, but not many alligators. Bill and Sherry Levy went back to Chicago today. We are the last of the snowbirds, and do not know what our fate is yet. Stay tuned.