Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Bob cant sleep and the dogs are loud

Bob cant sleep - worried about his Dr visit tomorrow. He still is having to use the bladder tube and valve all the time. They warned him from day one that he would have this bleeding and need to use the tube because of swelling in the urinary track. I talked to the Dr on Monday and he said that Bob would have more bleeding than some as they had to work in that base area of the prostate to get the cancer. The Dr warned us that Bob would have to have the tube longer as he wasn't able to pee naturally. The prostate was so large that they could only freeze the bottom 1/2 of the prostate. If the psa goes up markedly over a 6 months period, then they will go back in and freeze the other 1/2.
Mom is doing better. She is eating two full meals a day, walking to the meeting room for meals. This after not eating for over a week, in the hospital for 3 days for lack of fluids and not eating. Then back to the nursing home and she got the stomach flu with vomiting. Meds for that and now getting back to good condition.
Debbie moved out completely tonight. She slept in her new home the first time last night and now again tonight. She has cold water only until she gets a new electric water heater as the one in the house is gas and she is not going to have gas except for the central heat, and maybe not even then as she wants an electric heater.
I cleaned out two of our storage sheds - ie the tack room and the kitchen shed. Seems some stuff had gravitated in there that didn't belong. So cleaned and straightened and now we know where everything is located and can get in the shed again. Got the 5 white aluminum windows with fan tops we were given for the house, moved to an area of the garage that will allow me to park back in the garage again. We have 3 windows that need replacing; 2 in the bedroom and 1 in the library. Jim came over and took off some of the metal I had piled up. He will come back for the rest soon so the yard will look more open instead of cluttered. Will go over to Ellen's next door and get the deck cleaned up of all her camping stuff and get it stored with ours and bring the lawn tools of Mother's over here and put them away with ours. Gave Debbie Mom's rocker from the deck as she wanted it for her living room. Got Ellen's microwave today and moved it to our storage building in case ours goes out.
Today when we get home, if Bob is feeling ok, will go out and transplant 8 bushes to the front yard. Have 5 mulit colored Lantana, will move and 2 sage. They should look very good against the front of the house. Will fertilize the StAugestine and then water really well. Will put out pre emergent on the lower yard for burrs, and then water. The top of the yard will get liquid fertilizer from the spray rig so the grass will come up thick. Next time out will do the pastures with the spray rig.
Bob starts his fishing turminents with Corkey next Thursday, and I think he is worried that he wont be ready to go. Personally I think he will be good to go.
We are doing Bowie days this weekend for ticket sales. Bob wants to try going on Saturday, but only time will tell. Jim has help for Sunday sales so told Bob we might try it if he has no swelling by then. At least for a couple of hours if he doesn't get tired. He can lay down coming back if he wants to in the back seat.
Got a curio cabinet this week. A lady was having her house bulldozed to build a new one, and she gave Debbie and I each a cabinet. Mine needs glass in the door and one glass shelf replaced, but otherwise is in good condition. Have it temporary in the game room but want it on another wall. Hopefully will get it moved this weekend as have to have some one to help me move the fish tank and the curio cabinet and the pin ball machine, so I can put the cabinet where I want it. Then I can unpack some of the stuff I got from Mom's things and put them in there.

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