Good News on my Father-in-Law‘s Health

November 20, 2025 My father-in-law’s infection is gone! He is building tissue and pushing through his PT. The physical therapist has to slow my FIL down as my FIL keeps pushing to do more. His recovery has impressed the doctors and nurses. He is walking down the hall and back with his wound suck attached. […]

Woke Up with a Migraine

November 16, 2025 Yesterday (Saturday, November 15), I woke up to a migraine starting. My nervous system went haywire on top of the migraine. My face, arms, and legs burned as if I had a bad sunburn. I took my medication. At first the migraine did not get worse, but it didn’t go away. I […]

Leaving on a Jet Plane and Arriving in a U-Haul Truck

Trip to get the last of the furniture from storage and closing out the storage unit.

Good News and Harvesting Some of the Basil

November 10, 2025 On November 6 (Thursday), Bruce and I waited for news of his dad’s latest procedure. There was good news, there was no more debridement needed on the wound. After we got the news, we ran errands. It was surprising how much of the day that used. The weather forecast for the past […]

Yay! Bruce Is Home!

November 2, 2025 Yesterday (November 1, Saturday), Bruce made it safely home around 7:30 in the evening. On the way from Augusta, GA, to Muscle Shoals, AL, he stopped in Woodstock, GA, to visit a college friend. Bruce spent four hours hanging out and catching up with his friend. They went out to lunch at […]

Visiting the Huntsville Botanical Garden

October 31, 2025 Happy Halloween! On Thursday (October 23), Bruce and I had a meeting in Huntsville, AL. After our meeting, we visited the Huntsville Botanical Garden. When we lived in the Huntsville area, over 30 years ago, the gardens had just started. They had big plans. It is thrilling to see how those plans […]

Father-in-Law Back to His Normal Mental Self

October 29, 2025 Yesterday (Tuesday, October 28), Bruce found out the doctors had already checked his dad for a brain bleed and other brain damage. There was none, thankfully. Bruce was told by the doctor that the anesthesia used was the same as before. Apparently having several procedures done so close together, can cause severe […]

Bruce Heading Out to Take Care of my Father-in-Law

October 27, 2025 Bruce headed out at 10:30 AM yesterday (Sunday) to Augusta, Georgia to be an advocate for his dad. Unfortunately, he didn’t beat the rain from the southwest. He got rained on the first part of the trip. He said that most of the way, he was in front of the rain […]

Bruce Heading to Augusta, GA This Weekend

October 24, 2025 Bruce is heading down to Augusta, GA this weekend to take over from his sister in helping his dad. Bruce will be gone for a week and one of his brothers will take over. Bruce’s dad is scheduled for another surgery on Monday. The surgery is to determine how treatment will proceed. […]

Father-in-Law Moved to Burn Unit

October 22, 2025 Yesterday, my father-in-law was transferred to a burn unit in Augusta, GA. We were told he would have an another surgery this morning. The surgery didn’t happen until this afternoon. They removed more dead skin. My father-in-law now has a constant flush drain installed to try to remove and prevent the staph […]