Blustery Days

Happy Holidays!! The wind is howling and the snow is blowing. It seems that a good part of the country is in gridlock. And it's even colder in Canada. Hello winter!

It's been a crazy month around here. Through a flurry of house repairs and doctor's appointments we held steady for Thanksgiving and now find ourselves blowing toward Christmas. The furniture is still awry from the house repairs but we got our Christmas tree up this weekend.

Medical appointments began with Mom. She is on crutches for a couple of tears in her knee that she sustained sometime before Thanksgiving. Initially she could barely walk. She is now getting around quite well with the crutches, but she has to be careful to take time to rest her leg and she still gets herself in trouble trying to do too much. This Tuesday she finds out whether she will need to have surgery to repair her knee and ditch the crutches.

I'm scheduled for surgery this week to have my Hickman line (a tube that allows me to run fluids directly into a vein) removed. It seems to be placed in such a way that it doesn't flow correctly. As a result, the half liter of fluids I was running each day began to pool in my face and chest. My face was enormous. It was very becoming. I'm happy to say good bye to the line. A lot of people have them out after three months. I've had one for over five years. I've also been having all sorts of adjustment issues with changes in my medicaitons but they seem to be resolving.

Dad's been busy traveling with work and to help Harley and Amy with the kids. Harley and Amy have also been busy traveling. We were happy they were able to visit for Thanksgiving.

And so it goes on. We're getting into the holidays; pulling out decorations, listening to music, buying different foods and thinking holiday thoughts. It was nice to finally get a little snow. I hope each of you is enjoying the holiday season. Best wishes!