What Has July Been Like?

A lot has happened since I last wrote. I had my operation on July 11th. It was a success. He found out what had caused all the pain in my foot for so long. He ended up taking a piece of scar tissue out with a fragment that was tangled really good in there. The fragment ended up being another nerve. So I am less two nerves and a bone spur for the 10 months I have been down. I also ended up getting sick the day of the operation but, I ended up still going through. Emerson was the one that got me sick. He started the beginning of the week. I guess that is what husbands are for. I ended up going to the doctors and found out that it was a combination of Broncitus and Allergies. Now that I have been on medication for this, I feel a little better and my voice had left me but has returned. I just got my stitches out yesterday. Everything looked good for the most part. There has been quite a bit of seeping of blood going on. Dr. Collins told me once I am through with my medication to keep an eye on it and if it increases then to call him. Other then that everything looks very well in deed. Things for the most part are still a little low key. We are really thinking that this might be the last one for sometime, we hope at least it is.

I ended up not getting pictures of the reunion and being with my parents but it was really fun. The rodeo was a blast to see and being up at the ranch was a blast as well. Having my parents here made it even more special. Dad did have his hard times while being here but he hung in there. He is a very big trooper. It was wonderful seeing some of my cousins, aunts, and uncles. Some of them I hadn't seen for sometime. I got talk one and one with some of them and friendship/relationship has come to the surface once again. It was a busy time while my parents were here. We were just hoping around for the most part but, we all took it easy at other times.

Emerson's mother ended up going into the hospital the day after my operation on the 12th with High Blood Pressure around 230. She didn't have a stroke but she ended up getting Bell's Palsy. She is out of the hospital and is doing good for the most part. She gave us a scare for the most part but, she hung in there and did good. On the 13th the phone was ringing off the hook and I couldn't even get a breath between each phone call wondering about JoLynn and also wondering how I as doing. Sleep for me has started happening again now that things have gotten a little better and slowed down. For the most part I hadn't slept very well.

Yesterday, I found out that a beloved doctor of mine had died. He was my OB GYN and who delivered me when I was a baby. Dr. Reiser and I had talked about delivering our first baby when I got to that point. Now when we get pregnant, it will not happen since he is gone. They still don't know what caused him to go other then, they think it has to do with his pacemaker that it gave out. I have been crying a lot since I was really close to this doctor. There is always another doctor that I know I think delivers children as well who is my family doctor. If I remember correctly he does and in that case he will be the one to do it.

This past Sunday we also had a Brown out. We had no power for four hours. In deed it was rough but we hung it out. A lot of people didn't stay in there apartments because of it being hot and humid in there. It was really hard to sleep at all until the electricity came back on. I guess what it all comes down to is that July has been rough and very busy for the most part. We are all doing good. My recovery is going good and parents got back home ok. Along with JoLynn is doing better. I am hoping August is a better month. That would be good for Emerson and I.

One thing I Failed to Mention

There is one thing I did fail to mention if my other post. There is something new. Within the last week or so Emerson and I have found bumps on my foot. When I had mentioned he didn't think it was a gangling cyst or anything along those lines. Well, it happens to be that there might be something along those lines. Dr. Collins just didn't see the bumps at all. So when we go in, it will be consider a possible growth of some sort. At least we have gotten to some what the bottom of this. The bumps are very painful at times but I control it at night with two narcotics and one ant-flammatory. Then during the day most recently I started taking another pain killer that is Ultram and that is to prevent me from sleeping when it is morning but keep my pain level at bay. I won't be on Ultram to long just because, there is a possible chance of a stroke if I stay on it long periods. That had happened to a nurse at a hospital here in Utah. She had a major stroke taking Ultram. So that is why there are hardly any other medications that I can use other then Ibeprohen 800 and Percocet.

Anything New?

Well there is nothing new going on except my parents have come to visit till the 8th. I am still in pain in the foot which isn't new at all. Having my parents here has been a delight yet scary one. Dad is very pale and is having a hard time. By the time he gets back home he should be ok. They just had left two days after having Chemo last week and that has been a little hard for him. They came in on Sunday at 2:30pm and they left Macomb, IL on Thursday around noon or so. Not bad for a three day trip but, when they got here both were very tired. It had been a long trip for them. But, it was worth it to what my father has always said in the past that he was going to do it. It has been fun and I think it will continue to be fun just a little laid back that is all. Starting today and tomorrow we are having a big family outting with my Mom's side of the family. It will be good to see everyone again. Just as long as we keep Dad in one place he should be fine. Things have been busy around here. I get my place cleaned and then when parents come it is a mess again. Oh well that is ok. We just have to slowly get it cleaned up and put things away again. Nothing new about that. Well, one thing I will try to do is take pictures of today and tomorrow. If I don't forgive me. I am a little out of it. Everything seems to going ok for the most part. Nothing big other then the parents coming has happened.