TOO TIRED

 I hate hospital beds! I just got home from a short stay in the hospital. It was an unexpected and scary trip that turned out to be a mystery to even the doctors. Thank goodness it was nothing serious and just "one of those things" that happen occasionally. They only kept me for several days but it felt like several weeks. You never get much rest in the hospital! LOL.  I sure was glad to be back home though and I have slept like a baby in my own bed! 

 

In between catching up on my rest and errands, I may try to pull something old or new to work on.

 

The fistula surgery had to be rescheduled but that was fine since it is not a long wait. After I have recooped for several days, it is back the old grind! Time for several grocery orders, a few errands that were meant to be taken care of before now and of course, follow ups to doctors that saw me in the hospital. 

 

Until next time may you have simple days and an uncluttered heart.

Busy Week

 Grocery Day! I made my order last night and will pick it up later today. We have been having a good bit of rain but the humidity is what is making me miserable! I never cared much for the stuff but within the past 10 years or so, I stay inside away from it as much as possible.

 

I have the surgery on my fistula coming up on Monday. Now my arm and hand won't swell up so badly! I have to be there early and it is a two hour drive but I will be glad to have it over with. I have several more questions for him concerning my shoulder since the fistula is in the same arm as the bad shoulder.

 

I have been trying to stitch a little each day. My bad shoulder can only tolerate about 15 minutes at a time. I have been working on A Sister's Love by BBD recently. You know how I like to switch things up and make the stitch my own. I have decided how I am going to finish it but I will leave that as a surprise when I get further along. I did order Shepherd Sampler and am now wondering if this should be my infusion project

I am still working on family history. I just love finding new info on ancestors!

 

One of my doctors decided a second opinion concerning my shoulder was in order. My husband had been expressing this same thing. I had my second evaluation and yes, they also feel I need surgery but I found out that the nurse from place #1 had given me a LOT of wrong information concerning insurance. I don't know if she did this on purpose or if she actually believed it. Even though I really liked the dr. from the first place, I just really don't want to argue with that nurse again so I will probably stay with the second opinion place.

 

My love of cast iron cookware continues. I was able to pick up another skillet last week. Now we have 4 skillets and a dutch oven. Each one has it's own special purpose.The oldest skillet was one we got not long after we got married. While shopping for cast iron skillets, I decided it was time to update some other small appliances that were over 20 years old and had seen better days! A new food processor, juicer, electric skillet and griddle made their way home with me.

 

I got my second Covid vaccine so I am all taken care in that area now! The only side effect I had was an extremely sore arm!

 

Until next time may you have simple days and an uncluttered heart.

Just Words

 We had absolutely NO doctor appointments for almost 3 weeks around here! What a break! We did get a rainy spell which was fine with me because we have the walk way out back now in case we have to go out in it. We were able to get some groceries picked up before the rain moved in and then I had several days of good stitching!

 

Somehow, a feral pregnant cat got into the crawl space under our house. She had her litter of kittens and after they left, it sounded like she threw a big party! A lot of the duct work going to AC was torn down! We keep that door closed and locked. She must have found some other way to get in! Now we have to get all of  that fixed before it causes some major damage!

 

My infusions will be coming up again around the end of July. I have decided that I will either take in Ann Pegg by The Scarlett House or Be Who You Are by Lizzie Kate. They have both been started and are in my WIP basket.

 

It looks like I will be having several surgeries coming up. The first one will be fairly minor. My fistula surgeon needs to do a little tweaking to help keep the swelling down in my arm. Nothing major or urgent. I just want to get it out of the way.

 

Sometime before or after infusions, I will get something done about my shoulder. The x-rays showed a little more than just a simple dislocated shoulder. This one will be a little bit trickier since I will be wearing a sling for 2-4 weeks and basically will only be able to use one arm for several months. Several of my doctors (and my insurance) disagree on certain things concerning the timing but I am still in pain with it! 

 

Doing about anything that require two hands and/or arms is very challenging! Stitching, typing, cooking, doing laundry and more! My stitching has definitely suffered because of my arm so I have been working on my family history more lately.

 

I realized that I need to get my stitching pulled and ready to work on (in case I can) so I don't have to do a lot of hunting while I am one armed. LOL. I have plenty of WIPs I can work on but I thought this might be the perfect time for a new start. I have two that I am debating between.

 

Until next time may you have simple days and an uncluttered heart.