After we came back from camping at Morro Bay my time was taken up by
gardening and other projects around the house. I had acquired a
pickup load of pallets from which motorcycles had been packaged on
for shipment to the local dealer. I wanted them for campfire wood but
in the process of dismantling them I found that by adding a few
boards I now had sections of fencing to keep the dog out of my
garden. Not very elegant but it served the purpose.
After Memorial Day we flew to Houston to attend our Grand-daughter
Ivy’s high school graduation. We are very proud of this young lady
as she graduated ninth in a class of 855 students. She was accepted
at UC Berkeley in San Francisco as well as other schools but because
of the high out of state tuition costs decided to attend the
University of Texas at Austin in the fall. Her major is physics.
Grandson Matthew completed his second year of college at Texas A &
M where his major is Aero Space Engineering.
We had a nice 5 day visit with Tim and family, got in some
Geo-caching and visited a lavender farm, a local winery, and a
sausage factory. Much of the ego-caching was at cemeteries which was
interesting. We also re-visited Rose Hill Cemetery on Seidel Cemetery
Road in Tomball, TX. We had visited this cemetery when Matthew was
very little. Walking among the headstones is like walking through the
Cemetery in Dorchester, WI as many of the family names are the same.
If I was dropped in either cemetery, I couldn’t tell you which one
I was in.
On Tuesday June 11th Clyda had ankle replacement surgery
of her right ankle. That is the same ankle she broke in 2008. A year
later when she had some of the hardware removed, the surgeon told her
that “Some day you will need a replacement” because of the
arthritis. This same surgeon did the replacement last Tuesday. For
the surgery she was given two nerve blocks. The anesthesiologist
really liked the second block and said it may last as much as 96
hours. Basically, Clyda was pain free until late yesterday (Friday)
because of the blocks.
She is using a walker to hop on one leg to and from the bathroom.
That is hard on the arms as all the weight is on her arms. We do have
a knee stroller for her to use but our house is so small that it is
not usable in the bathroom. For longer trips we have a wheel chair. I
made multiple trips to the Visiting Nurses Loan Closet to pick up all
these items as the reality set in of what she would be capable of
doing.
She will be non-weight bearing for 4 to 6 weeks before physical
therapy can begin. It will be a long summer.
