We made a trip to Cle Elum to our family physician, Monday, our anniversary. I got a clean bill of health and he changed a few meds. Went over my labs and had positive feedback from my doctor about my concern that I wasn’t gaining stamina as much as I desired. He was nice and said I’m still in the healing process and I just have to be patient. Get my rest and do what I can. I told him about my cardiologist wanting to put a heart monitor on me for an entire week to keep an eye on how my heart and body is responding to my normal week’s activity. That’s in the future for August. He encouraged me to participate in the experiment.
Oh, we also started me back on another medication to see if it would control the “acid reflux” — that seems to be occurring occasionally. The last 3 nights I have eaten away from home, so I have restarted taking that medication before dinner. So far; so good. (John was with me Thursday and Friday but I was by myself Saturday night.)
That’s all I have to report (thankfully) on my health, so will end with a few stories of the other things in our life right now: puppies, jam sessions & potlucks, etc., and music events, and John’s horse training.
Happily, we went for a healthy “Sammie” sandwich as Quiznos after the doctor’s appointment. The appointment started around 1:30, so it was time for lunch when I was through. Funny thing is how much doctors depend on computers in treatments now. When we got there the computers were down, which affected getting some of my lab work out in a timely fashion. Oh, well.
Puppies. (turned 7 weeks old on Monday this week)
We sent two puppies to their new homes on Wed. and on Thursday. The little “runt”, Trouper, went to a home with two boys, 4 and 2, and the older one was totally smitten by the puppy. He is doing fine, and I am very impressed how good the little boys are with the puppy. This morning, we received 5 great pictures of his new life with them and their 12 year old dog. The next day, a liver/white female went to her new home here in the valley with a family who had a dog from us for 14 years and loved her lots. She just died this spring.
We have one more puppy to transfer this coming Tuesday, and then we have 3 who need new homes and for which we do not know yet for sure who will be their new owners. If anyone is reading this within a decent driving distance of Ellensburg, who might be interested in adding a wonderful Brittany puppy to your family, please let us know. They are so smart. We keep introducing to them to new things to keep them learning and adapting to human handling and interaction.
Finally, the other events – in our life: music keeps me busy, as Saturday night, when our “group”, the Kittitas Valley Fiddlers and Friends, went to the upper county to play for an antique car rally at the Cle Elum Senior Center. They treated us to a catered dinner that was very nice, including chicken and rice, green beans, tomatoes, salad and a great (rich) dessert. It was yummy, and we played during the “cocktail hour” before dinner, and they had a program afterwards so we didn’t play our normal hour of music. They seemed happy with what we did.
John is making progress with the new horses. They are slow in trusting him, but they are learning well. They had never worked with but one person, so gaining their confidence has been a chore. John is patient with them, and it is paying off. Our weather could have cooperated a little better – earlier cold and rain, and now hot sunny and windy days. [John – Horses are difficult when it is windy. Things move in the wind and make noise. As a prey animal, their attention goes to the things “out there” that might be sneaking up on them.] These guys never had treats (carrots & apples), but now they will walk up to us in the pasture (to John for sure), to get treats. The youngest will take a carrot from me, but the older ones do not really know me yet.
That should be enough for this week. We wish you all well and we are happy I’m getting better, even though my stamina has not yet returned to allow me to do more than a couple hours. And then I have to take naps through the day (probably to make up for no sleep from the puppies), to get through the day.
Love and thanks for all the good wishes you keep sending by email or phone, or cards.