Monday's after a super weekend are good

 May 10, 2021

Summerfield

What a super weekend.  We camped with our Golden Triangle camping friends....all the occupants of 16 rigs plus a few drive-in friends who came for the Saturday meeting.  Some friends we hadn't seen in over a year!!  Momma was so tickled to be with them.  She kept going on and on about how great it was to see all of them.

I have to admit, it wasn't a very long ride at all to get to the campground.  I think I spent more time in the back seat of the Ram while they hitched up to the 5er than it took to drive the 4 miles to campground.  I was a good girl and waited patiently to get on the road. As we pulled out, I settled in for a good nap.  Well, that didn't happen.  We arrived before I even closed my eyes.    

Now this happens to be lovebug season here in Florida.  Those fragile bugs don't serve any real purpose but they sure make vehicles messy when they splat on the front as you zip down the road.  If you don't remove them right away, their body acid will destroy the paint job.  Dad was feeling pretty good when we arrived.  We didn't even get hit by one lovebug on our short trip.  YEA!! No messy cleanup needed.

Of course I was on guard duty while the 2-legged socialized, played games and ate together.  Not only was Friday night's dinner delicious, it was entertaining as the chef prepared the meal right in front of them at the Japanese Restaurant.

Now you may not realize just how tiring a job all that weekend guarding can be.  I guess Dad found the weekend tiring as well.   I looked over at him yesterday afternoon after we arrived home

And then I followed his lead and shut my eyes for a well deserved nap as well.

Today, Monday, Momma and Dad were out the door early.  Dad had another appointment with the Dr.   Over a week ago, Dad had been to the surgeon who had performed his shoulder replacement surgery as well as the April follow up surgery to remove the lump that had developed and  'clean up' that area. Doc removed the stitches and dismissed him as a patient.  Dad was all smiles!!  The next stop was a visit to the Infectious Disease Dr who had the results of the culture from the gunk the surgeon cleaned out.  It cultured out to be staph capitus .......yuck!!  Dad was frowning as the fun was just about to begin for Dad...and Momma.  

Dad went to the hospital as an outpatient to have a PICC line installed.  The line begins just above his elbow on his right arm and travels all the way to a spot behind his heart into a large artery.  It's a good thing they have the equipment to see exactly where the line was going inside his body.....all 72 cm.  

The next day, the nurse arrived at the house to train Momma, after two BIG boxes had been delivered .  Boxes with  bags of antibiotics to refrigerate and all the 'stuff' needed to empty the bag of drugs into the PICC line.   Dad has a 5 pound pump that hooks to the tubing that connects with a bag of meds and the PICC line.  Every 6 hours the pump delivers drugs followed just a trickle until it's six hours later and time for another big infusion of meds.  At the end of a 24 hour period, Momma gets to change the empty bag and replace the tubing, back flow valve, batteries in the pump, etc.  That means Dad is tethered to that pump and med bag 24/7.  And would you believe they forgot to send the pouch to hold the pump and meds?  No problem, Momma dove into the closet and .....

located a purse for Dad to use.  Now isn't he stylish?  Patriotic with stars!!  Not so sure about the tassle though......

Well, he was stylish until the actual pouch arrived.

One week down and 5 more to go. 

As I mentioned, Dad and Momma had a visit at the Infectious Disease Dr who is monitoring the infusion process.  When they returned home I thought that they must have a super doctor.  Little did I know it wasn't the doctor who sent home my gift.  It was a side trip to Tractor Supply.  I guess Dad thought I did a great job guarding at home and so he brought me....

the cutest, softest, long-legged lamb with a marvelous squeaker.  I think I'm in love

I've romped from one end of the house to the other tossing and squeaking all the way.  

It's a great Monday for sure!!

I'm Chloe