Busy week

This week flew by, work was crazy busy and Frank had his appointment in Brainerd with the Pulmonologist. What a difference a clinic makes, they actually had the forethought to take him for a walk and check his oxygen. That's a first - his oxygen level dropped to 85. The Doc wanted him on oxygen immediately! The Lincair van was here moments after we got home. He's supposed to use the bottles with a carrier that slings over his shoulder if he's up and moving but, so far, he hasn't used that. He says it's too cumbersome so hopefully we can get him one of those portable concentrators. He does use the big concentrators overnight though. He also suggested Frank get a blood test for the Alpha 1 gene, may be too late to help even if he has it though but we did advise the girls to have it and, if necessary, the grandbabies.

Weather was, as usual, unpredictable this week. Overnight Tuesday we had freezing rain and then snow. The wood stove got down pretty far so it was a job to get it going with everything covered with ice. The car door was froze shut. Needless to say I was late to an appointment that morning.

When it rains, it pours. Unless you live in Minnesota, then it snows 😕

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P.S. They won

Snow again

Got up this morning to snow showers - what? So, Cooper and I trudged out and put some wood in the stove. Looks like an inside day today.

We went to the memorial service for Clyde on Friday night. They gave him a fireman's final call, that was a tearjerker but very touching. There was a good turnout and the family seemed to be handling it pretty good. They knew it was coming and his quality of life was pretty diminished. His Alzheimer's was so bad they kept him heavily medicated and he didn't come out of his room anymore. It's so sad, he's definitely in a better place and the family can move on. There's nothing worse than seeing the people you love fade away slowly. 

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P.S. They won

It's official - the bears are out!

I was on the phone night before last with the oldest daughter when hubby started hooping and hollering for me to "come see", "hurry up you'll miss it", so with my phone propped on my shoulder I have my monocular in one hand and camera in the other trying to take a picture. It was quite a show! 😁

I didn't get a great pic but I got one nonetheless...

Called Eileen to tell her we'll have to switch card night to Saturday this week since we have the memorial service for Clyde on Friday. By the time we get home Frank will have had enough and probably not in the mood to play cards. She thought that would work out alright.

Dale has been finally let out of the hospital and is in the rest home in D.L., he needs to be supervised yet and go through physical therapy to get his strength back. It's been over a month since he went into the hospital. I'll say it again - he was LUCKY someone found him when they did! He pointed out that the by-laws state he can have animal visitors (hint hint) so we'll try to get Elke over there to see him...

April Showers

We are getting some much needed spring rain. Hopefully it will wash away all the allergens, like snow mold.

The dogs HATE rain. Cooper is worse than Elke - I finally got him out to do his business but he wasn't happy about it!

My back is improving, at least I can get out of a chair without as much pain.

Angie called this morning, needed cardboard egg cartons and since nothing around here seems to get thrown out, we had plenty. I'll drop them off when I head in to town today. She has a project in mind so she'll put them to better use than I will.

Still doing the de-clutter, it's a long drawn out process....