Gardens 2024

 Brian has  cleaned all the designated flower beds.  We still have to get out hoses and prune the grapes.  Then it will just be playing in the yard.  I continue to feel energetic and enjoy the yard work.  Each night we have close to  dozen deer in the back yard.  Today I received my order of deer no-no and put 8 bags around the yard.  So far, the lilies are safe.

Flooded basement

Last Friday during a huge rainstorm, The basement flooded.  This is eht home for Beth and Charlie, and much storage.  Everything was ruined.  Service pro came and spent two days drying up water.  Now most of the ruined stuff is out in the garage.  They took away the carpet covering and B<C and Sara hauled wet stuff to the garage.  It is a big mess and we are all unhappy that they have lost their nice home. 

Total eclipse 2024

 Tom and I watched the eclipse from the beginning to end.  It was very nearly total.  Two deer wandered out into the yard.  I couldn't get a picture.

 ON Tuesday of this week I had myTranscatherter valve replacement in my heart.Today, Sunday, I played organ preludes at church and the piano for song service.  I feel great.  I had four heart surgeons and numerous other medical people in surgery.  All went well for the wire to be inserted and the balloon to place the new metal valve.  Modern medicine is fantastic.  My surgeons were wonderful.  Dr. Gimmini was  my main surgeron.  A native of India, he is my favorite.  Though all the others were great and I was well taken care of and God was in control.  Many prayers were offered as well.  ON Tuesday of this week I had myTranscatherter valve replacement in my heart.Today, Sunday, I played organ preludes at church and the piano for song service.  I feel great.  I had four heart surgeons and numerous other medical people in surgery.  All went well for the wire to be inserted and the balloon to place the new metal valve.  Modern medicine is fantastic.  My surgeons were wonderful.  Dr. Gimmini was  my main surgeron.  A native of India, he is my favorite.  Though all the others were great and I was well taken care of and God was in control.  Many prayers were offered as well.  

Heart surgery

 ON Tuesday of this week I had myTranscatherter valve replacement in my heart.Today, Sunday, I played organ preludes at church and the piano for song service.  I feel great.  I had four heart surgeons and numerous other medical people in surgery.  All went well for the wire to be inserted and the balloon to place the new metal valve.  Modern medicine is fantastic.  My surgeons were wonderful.  Dr. Gimmini was  my main surgeron.  A native of India, he is my favorite.  Though all the others were great and I was well taken care of and God was in control.  Many prayers were offered as well.  

Countdown

 Yes, the days are racing along and I will have the TAVR surgery on Tuesday, the 26th of March.  Needless to say it is snowing up a storm and this does nothing to help my spirits.

I do have a few blooms in the sunroom and promises of lots of orchid cactus for the coming weeks.  ONly one of my plants is choosing to bloom.  I suppose I prunned the others back too severely.  

Oh well, we will see if we are able to have church tomorrow.  that will be something to do .

 

TAVR

 I have written about my Arotic stenosis and have now had the CAT scan and follow up tests and have the TAVR scheduled.  This is transcatheter Aortic Valve replacement.  I will have three surgeons performing the surgery and have confidence they are the best.  My shortness of breath seems to be getting much worse and I will be happy to get this valve replaced.  

Mary's Heart

Thursday I started the first of my tests for the procedures to unblock my aorta Stenosis.'

I had a CT scan and it was very uncomfortable with the dye.  I actually screamed when they started the dye it burned so much.

February 23 Latest on Tom

 Tom's left eye has dried up, but now he has wet Macular Degeneration in his right eye and had to receive a shot in the right eye yesterday.  He also now has gout in his right ankle, so he is in a lot of pain. We seem to keep the roads hot getting him to  appointments.

In other news, it snowed a little bit today.  We still have a snow covering of at least a foot.   

Tom home

 I got Tom home last night , Jan 25 after a week in Togus hospital.  His gout is better and he is able to walk with just his cane as of today.  

It snowed quite a bit today, maybe a few inches and the roads are a mess

I was very tired last night when we got home and we had leftover soup, but tonight we had pork roast, green beans, baked potato and sweet potato.  

I burned  a pot yesterday while making tea and today heating beans.  I simply cannot leave the kitchen with something on the  stove.  I must not go to the computer or go to lay down in the bedroom.  

Tom 1-19-2024

He has been at Togus hospital since Wednesday night 1-16.  They finally agree he has Gout in his ankle and hopefully treatment will take the pain away.  We may get him home Sunday or Monday or not..

He has to be able to walk for us to manage him at home.  

Last of Swap Shop materials

 Yesterday at the Swap Shop, I turned over all my history of the shop which I opened in 2007.  I had kept it all these years, but it was time to clean house so my history is gone.  Maybe I wrote about it in 2007, I will look and see.  Don Berry is now in charge of the shop and it's future.  See Dump Shopping 2010

Tom :

 Yesterday, Thursday, January 16, I took him to RUmford ER.  They treated him for a foot infection, but had no rooms.  At 11:OO pm. They took him by ambulance to Togus hospital.  He is now being treated where they know all about his various ailments.  He feels content there.  His infected foot is maybe a little better, but still hurts.  I'm in  the Augusta Hampton Inn for a few nights so I can come visit him easier than being at home, an hour away.  It is more restful for me.  I had a chicken pot pie and ice cream from the deli downstairs that Beth brought to the room before she left for home.  I cooked the pie in the room microwave and ate half the ice cream from the room refrigerator.  She set up my Chromebook before she left for home.  

January 16, snow

 Snow has just started but it is supposed to get really bad after lunch  time.  It is nearly 12 noon now.  It is also very cold.  I'm going to get dressed in very warm clothes and may get in bed to get warm.  It is too cold to work in the sunroom.

January 7 snow storm

NOt much of a storm.  We may have 3 inches so far and not much falling now.  It is however, cold.  The sunroom has no sun and the heater is only making it 50 degrees.  We closed the curtains last night too, but it hasn't made much difference.  Hopefully the flowers will survive.

I was invited downstairs by Beth to watch the uphill race in the Alps.  It was exciting and a girl from Maine won first place.  HIggins placed enough to make her a winner overall 

Church was cancelled, which was good as we could not have made it out safely.