Time is getting short

February, 2010

We dodged our first "bullet" . . . Bud started running a fever on Saturday, January 30 and ended up at Mercy Hospital. Constant IV's of antibiotics and saline plus four units of blood and one of platelets got him back on his wheels. We got him out of Mercy on Wednesday feeling a little worse for wear but happy to be home.

His biggest disappointment is having to cancel our road trip to Arizona for February.

The next problem "arose" the next week when Bud developed a large lump under his armpit . . . back to Mercy. More antibiotics, blood, tests; never any fever (?) which left a lot of open ended questions. The up shot is: we learned a lot of things it wasn't but not what it was! Because he had no fever, he was sent home with a "wait and see" program. The lump has all but disappeared now, and we're back on a good path again . . . one day at a time! Looking forward to a "non-event" March!






Betty and I traveled to the cabin Sunday Feb 21 the South Fork and all of the surroundings are ready for Bud and Betty to go home. All is well in the cabin , no broken water pipes, no leaks, we took a few minutes and put the water in from the spring to cabin. A major chore for Bud to get to the spring but he made it. His strength is getting better each day. Our summer will be quite busy as we are going to bring the cabin into compliance with the land use lease agrement. The compliance thing will give us sometning to focus on, also plan for things we can change that will make the cabin even better.