Last day of October 2021

 Today is the last day of October.  Archie and family are in Arizona to go trick or treating with cousins.   I am looking forward to pictures.  

  We expect no one will find our house ,but I will put out treats anyway.

B and J came  over last night.  We played 2games of hand and foot and the ladies won the first and the guys won the next.

Luella has lost weight and is sending me her  winter clothes. I cannot wait to get them.

Tom is much better and is still losing weight.  He sleeps well at night.

It is cold and rainy today, but I have nowhere to go.  Beth is doing the dump run.

First Frost 2021

 We had our first frost of the season this morning.  It was very heavy.  I don't look forward to the snow and ice, but maybe it won't be so bad this year.  

Tom is much better after he got his oxygen and new meds to reduce the swelling in his legs. HE seems in  brighter spirits as well.  I really feel bad when he  is so negative about his progress.I look forward to more better days coming up.   

October 20, 2021 Tom is having trouble breathing due to his AHF. Last night hee slept in the LR recliner and I slept on the couch. i"m afraid to be in the bedroom and not hear him having bad trouble.

 Tom is having trouble breathing due to his advanced CHF.  Last night he slept on a recliner in the LR.  I slept on the couch to be near him.  This may be a norm for us.  I hope not,but whatever it takes to get him to breathe properly.  

Today we enjoyed a lovely ride on a beautiful fall day and had lunch at LaFluers.  They fixed him a haddock plate that was free of salt.  They are so accommodating. Anyway, we had a nice outing.  I took my lunch salt and all.  

The Red Sox  lost again tonight.  Maybe better luck in Texas on Friday.  We still have hope.  

 

  

 Blog information 2021

In March we got our Covid shots.  That was exciting.  
Ethan and Hazel came for a week in April.
Dean also came for a weekend in April.

In May, Beth invited us to share our anniversary in Roque Bluff  with Bruce and Jean.  We had a great time.  I love their cottage.  

In late June, Ethan and Hazel came for a month visit, but Tom had a stroke on July 6, so our visit with them was a short one.  

In August, Dean came again for a weekend visit.  We do enjoy his visits and he has been a good friend for about 40 years.

Tom has several occupational speech lessons for his memory and enjoyed those sessions very much.  

ON September 22, Dr. Bowmen took a biopsy on his head and getting the bleeding stopped was a major affair and now they will have to go in and do the MOHS treatment and open the spot up again to get all the cancer out.

Paster Mace has been very supportive and I could not have done all these weeks without   
 Beth and Charlie to help.  What a blessing they are.  

Tom has to sleep in a chair or on lots of pillow wedges to breathe.  It is not easy to see him struggle, but I try to focus on the positive to get through each day.  I have to stay well for him. 

September 2021

 This has been a wild year, with Covid restrictions and Tom's various flair ups medically. for instanace:

 Monday, September 27

I woke to find that Tom’s biopsy spot had bled all night, so I called the demonologist  office and was told to go in immediately.  HIs head had bled all the time in the hospital and they couldn’t handle it either.  He had an appointment at 11:00 in Rumford for his foot doctor.The demonologist is in Lewiston about 50 miles apart. 
They thought the bleeding was stopped and we left there about 9:30 for Rumford.  About 25 inures later, his head started bleeding again, but I keep driving to Rumford.  We made it just in time to get his feet checked and taken care of before heading home.  All of this so far with no breakfast for either of us, so we came home.  I called the Demonologist again and told them the problem.  They said Try  to make it by 2:00.  It is now 1:00, so off I flew and kept reasonably within the speed limit.  But we now had a little food  in our bodies for energy.

We made the trip on time and this time, he is really fixed up.  He had to come home and sit in a recliner with ice held on his head for 15 minute periods and not do anything.  I rested while Beth tended to him.  I got up later and made supper and now he is in bed and probably already asleep.

 It is January 3 and we have 6 inches of snow on ground which fell on Saturday.  Beth and Maura are home from Roque bluffs.  Charlie is still there. 

New Years Eve 2020

The year 2020 has been a difficult year.  We made a trip to Dallas in late January just before the covid 19 Pandemic got worse.  We made it there and back safely.  However a scheduled flight to see Charles Thomas in Florida had to be cancelled as the virus was spreading very fast.  We were basically house bound for the rest of the year.  our local grocery took our orders and brought our order out to the car when we arrived, so we did not have to enter the store.  We stayed mostly house bound all year.  We took some car trips to Pemequid point to celebrate anniversary and birthdays.  

Many things happened over the year such as getting power grids on top of our house and having heat pumps installed inside.  We hope this will save us money from rising fuel costs.

Charlie and Beth bought a cottage in Roque Bluffs and it is a lovely place for their relaxing times.  We have been to visit twice and we love it there. Beth can be closer to her work when she needs to be up north, and comes back home here when she is in this part of the state. 

Tom and I stay well with our masks on and washing hands often.  we went to church a few times, but have now stopped when cases rose in Oxford. 

We miss seeing the family and hope that we get shots soon so we can be safe to have visits.  It is certainly a different world and I think Masks will be a part of the rest of our lives.  I really miss church, and hope that soon we can start going again.