A CHANGE OF PLANS - AGAIN!

Yesterday, we had what we thought was our last Dr. appointment, but alas the checkup on our cataract surgery revealed that both of us must have a tune up.  

Our first appointments are July 7th.  Who would have thought that in May, when we made our emergency return to Indianapolis for John's pacemaker that we would still be here until mid July! 

So here we are in the heat and humidity of an Indiana summer that we were thrilled to escape just three years ago. BUT that means even more time with the kids and grands. There are blessings everywhere we look.

I THINK OUR JELLO JUST MELTED -A LITTLE!  

Today, we interviewed the owner of the body shop where the Miata is going to be repaired.  We looked at his work in progress and completed and are satisfied.  

My baby will be repaired by the time we are ready to leave for the northwest.   

Many thanks to those who ordered through the Amazon link near the top right side of the blog.  

I hope that you all are keeping cool and not being pestered by the nasty mosquitoes.

Until next time, God bless!

REJOICE!

Thursday, May 8, 2014
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis, IN




As I write this, John has just been taken into surgery after a four and a half hour delay.  


The patient before John has some complications. As the surgical team came to talk to John, you could tell that they were pumped with the great outcome of the previous surgery.  Thank God for a great surgical team.


Prior to the procedure, Charles and Vicki Lake joined John and I for a visit and a time of prayer.  

We have known Charles and Vicki since we were all in our thirties and Charles was the pastor of our church.  They are precious friends.  

Saturday, May 10, 2014
Greenwood, IN

Now that was one short post!  Everything went great!  They predicted that John's procedure would take between an hour and a half and two hours.  (ninety to one hundred twenty minutes.)

In seventy minutes John's procedure was completed successfully.  His heart was beating in a nice, steady rhythm.

His heart was about the only part of my life that was in a nice, steady rhythm Thursday evening as I left John's hospital room to head to the parking garage, jump in the Miata and head back to the coach.  

The walk from John's room to the parking garage was a long two to three block walk. But, I made it and counted it as a portion of my daily exercise. Little did I know that there was more walking the halls of the hospital and tunnel to the parking garage in store.  

As I sat in the Miata, I looked in my bag for the parking fee. Oops! I left my debit card at home and had only one dollar in cash.  Geesh.  

I retrace my steps walking through the tunnel, up the elevator and through and down the halls to John's room, get some cash from John's wallet and retrace my steps to the car.  

At least I did not need to have my back pack containing my computer, power pak and other numerous items.

The trip to Greenwood is smooth driving.  The new road/ramp construction at the Interstate  64 and 465 "intersection" was not obstructed by rush hour traffic which was a blessing, to be sure.  

I unlocked the motorhome and was greeted by two rowdy Shih Tzus that were ready to go outside and take care of business.  

While out, the fur kids made friends with a camper at the end of our row who was working in Greenwood, but spends his winters in Lake Havasu City, AZ.  What a small world. 

Returning to the coach, I reach to open the door but it will not open.  No problem, all I need to do is to push hard on the door.  That will reset the door into the receiver and the door will open.

But it did not work.  I try over and over with no luck.  Well, I needed help, so back down to the fifth wheel where I met the camper. He willingly comes my aid, but he cannot get it to open either.

He finally says that the only way to enter the coach is to go through a window.  

There are only two windows open.  The first open window is above my spinning wheel and antique sock machine.  That location is not a possibility.   The other is at the dining table. That will work!  

But we have a short, three step ladder that I use while cleaning windows.  It will have to do, but how does one get from a three step ladder into a window.

Along comes hero number two and his wife walking his dog.

He stands on the first step of the ladder while hero one steps onto the handle/balance rail, slivers through the window and opens the door. 

Why would the door not open?  In the rush to walk with Oliver and Olivia, I laid my backpack on the first step.  It made it impossible for the door to shut properly.

John's procedure went without a problem.  He had cash in his wallet.  And I finally gained entrance to the motorhome. It was the end of a long, busy day and time to sleep. Ahhhh.

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A special thanks goes to God for making John's procedure go so successfully, for John always carrying cash where I do not like to, and for heroes who helped me gain entrance to the motorhome.

Until next time, may the God who loves each one of us as his own son or daughter, bless your day and provide you peace and safety.  

EMERGENCY TRIP CALIFORNIA TO INDIANAPOLIS

In recent, emotionally turbulent days, I have started this blog more times than I can remember.  I have deleted the blog each time.
As I write this, we are driving east on I-40, returning to Indianapolis.


John's cardiologist ordered a thirty day heart monitor.  The second day, we received a call and were asked when we were planning to return to Indiana.  


Our answer was that were were returning for all of John's check-ups in September after spending our summer in the mountains of Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado.    

On the other end of the phone there was a slight hesitation and then "you need to get back here as soon as possible. John must have a pacemaker."

Instead of four to six weeks with our daughter Jojo, we spent two days before we left this afternoon for the long journey to Indy.  

This has been a total shock to both of us.  We, expecially me, are having a hard time wrapping our head around the thought of a pacemaker.
If it were a respiratory problem, we would not have been so taken off guard, but now, his heart?  Good grief, what is next?

Well, whatever it is, we can handle it because of our faith in God / Jesus Christ.   

                            So, here we are, traveling east through the Mohave desert.                                                        We have traveled to an elevation of over four thousand feet, crossed the Colorado River, and are back in Arizona with the scenery changing every mile or so.  

Right after this last photo, we came to a rest stop.  After walking the dogs (and John) I drove the next one hundred miles.  We are not parked for the night at a rest stop north of Lake Havasu City, Arizona.  

Our plan is / was to drive three hundred miles a day for eight days.  I am not sure that is going to work.  Now that we are on the road, we are both wanting to get this ride over, get home and to the cardiologist.  

Today, we did not even qualify for Paul Dahl's PDD bronze medal.  We drove only two hundred eighty one miles.  

We have not driven Interstate 40 since we came out four years ago.  We are loving the change of scenery from Interstate 10.  The semi traffic is much lighter on this route.  

Hopefully, tomorrow I will have a progress report.  

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Until next time, God Bless.