home again, home again jiggity jog

New cast but not a walking cast and the doc wants another week b4 stitches come out.

MRI show two tendons but both stretched out in left ankle.

Cataract surgery went well, see the doc around 10:30 tomorrow a.m.

Discussed grabbing some tendon or ligament material somewhere on my body and stitching it in the right ankle, replumbing where and how to attach. Doc's on board.

Long day but it's done and God blessed it.

Tomorrow

Up at 3:45

Leave @ 4:30

Hospital @ 6:15 - cataract be-gone

Check out @ 9:30 ish

open open open - lunch - open open open

MRI for 2nd ankle surgery @ 2:00

See foot doc foor stitches out and new cast @ 4:00

home again, home again, jiggity jog

Vena's song on FB

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=220111503094

Tubing

Mt Rainier national park has a sled/tube run. Grandchildren under 3 may need to play with Grandpa and Grandma off to the side or ride with mommy/daddy down the run.

This is a great family fun activity and photo opp.

We need to see a show of hands for Sat JAN 30 or Sun JAN 31.

MAAAYBEE a bon fire. But stew or chili for sure after words at SecretAcres.

b there or b square

http://www.almostparadiselodging.com/adventures.php

big day out

Went to church, then John and Leanne's, then to storage and finally to Chris and Vena's. No sense wasting a trip to town.

purple

the cast is purple

the Doc removed parts

I need to convince him to go back in and hook me up with a cadaver part

Christmas eve.

Merry Christmas all, we spent Christmas eve at John's. The boys are amazing gifts, praise God.

Rose

R has gone hiking/snowshoeing to High Hut (on the Tahoma trail system, 3.5 miles ea. way) with her friends. Poly and I are fending for ourselves.

some snow still here

big rain is back

Really big rain yesterday and last night beating against our skylights, bam, bam, bam. But it ebbs and flows so maybe showers fits better. Rain tomorrow and then three days of sun so no white Christmas. We are 1/2 of a mile from the park entrance and can access the levi for a walk in to dodge the toll taker but to get to the snow an auto is best.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?site=sew&textField1=46.75909&textField2=-122.03267&smap=1

hmm, NW Weather suggests we might indeed have snow.

better now

Seems the problem was bigger than the doc planned. he removed the larger tendon and I don't know what else he did, I'll find out a week from Monday. Hope he hooked something up in there ; )

Since it was a 2 hour drive home, it wasn't elevated and man, did that thing hurt. Took a little extra drugs and ice (behind the knee) to knock the pain down.

Today I am doing Ibuprofen only, no oxycontin. And ice.

Oweyo

ouch

Spent the day shoveling. Frozen rocks (pebbles to boulders) in enough dirt and sand to make it as miserable as possible. I had to use a pick.

Then, the last 5,000 lbs of sand in the old pickup. Frozen too.

But I'll be leaving at 5 a.m. and coming back in a splint to be converted to a cast so I had to "git er dun".

So many body parts hurt and I can't even have an aspirin, surgery in the morning.

weather

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=46.745100&lon=-121.931350

currently no rain

the eyeball is good

the doc says things look good, 20/20 in fact. Next eye job is Dec 30 @ 6:15 a.m. Next surgery, the ankle, is Fri @ 7:00 a.m.

Click here: Cataracts Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment on MedicineNet.com

climb

Rose climbed Mt St Helen's in May.

more rain

The snow is all going to be gone real soon, lots of rain. Big rain.

another rare pic

Just found

Rare and exotic photo of "U.M." smiling.

rained last night

It rained away some/lots of our snow. And the wind blew our thermometer off the post on our porch/deck and broke it : (

When we are in the flatlands tomorrow, we'll see about a replacement.

tough day

Friday's surgery

peronaeus longus and peronaeus brevis. The p brevis is being repaired/replaced for sure.

Click here: Google Answers: Replacement and repair of peroneal tendons of ankle

Sunday night accumulation is about 2 1/2"

snow

2" to 3" already but it's stopped, snowplow has been through once this evening

eggs again

eggs in the river

Looks like eggs eh? Bolders where ice has formed.

Closed the trailer

We put the cover on the 5th wheel trailer and completed fencing the back yard for Polly today after our walk on the levy where I got the river video.

Polly is happy as is Rose (and me) in that we can just let her out to poddy instead of hooking her up to the cable.

water "boiling" in the river

Let the water run

The line coming out of the well casing was 26" below the top of the casing. Which is 14" above the grade (ground level). Meaning the line is 12" too high. It needs 24" of material covering it, not 12".

I used an infrared heater to thaw the sand and rock, dug some out and repeated until I got to the line and voila, it thawed and the water flowed.

Richardson well drilling says there installers normally go 18" to 24" below grade. Fortunately, I left a small tree by the well (my witness).

The easy remedy is EPS insulation and another 6" of fill raising the grade of the area. If that doesn't do it, the hard fix is they pull the pump and relocate the line in the casing (at their expense).

I'm getting mellow in my old age, I'll go the easy route.

no water

This is the 3rd day the water has been frozen in the morning. I thawed it at the pressure tank inlet then bought and installed electric heat tape. The next day, frozen again. I "taped" the remainder of the pipes in the garage (where the filter and p tank are located) after thawing and we made it through that night. The following night, frozen again. This time I heat taped the filter. Another night of grace then another freeze. The infrared and space heaters are at task but the area being warmed has heat tape on everything so I'm stumped. Under the house or under the ground?

I'm thinking the well head. It seems to be the high point (24" frost line) and is definitely the easiest access.

found

the prince had lost his slipper, he was overjoyed when it was found

the meeting

Rose and I went to the Upper Nisqually Community Forum this evening and met the neighbors. It was interesting and nice to meet the folks who are involved in our community.

Success

Cataract gone, bandage on. Yeah.

dinner

Acorn squash with brown maple syrup and walnuts, fresh salad w/beets, carrots, romaine lettuce, onions, raw sunflower seeds, organic dressing. And our favorite yellow squash, pumpkin pie.

The eye's have it

Cataract one (left) being removed tomorrow a.m.

Powder snow

Literally, a half inch when we went to bed. Big wind that night and the snow was gone the next morning. It didn't get above 20f so the wind must have blown it away. I don't think sublimation is the answer.

Click here: Sublimation (chemistry) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia