Eighth Dorrell to Get Braces…One to Go!

Isaac was the 8th Dorrell to get braces at the same orthodontist office. The line of Dorrell's started with Melany and Nathan and since them...Graham, Abigail, Joy, Esther, Elijah and now Isaac...give it a few more years and Joseph will be the caboose! All these Dorrell's going through the same office over the years have worn out several orthodontists! Isaac was planning on ramen noodles (something soft) before going to play ball. Nathan reported in at the start pf the game and Joseph was the starting pitcher and Isaac was catching. Do you suppose they are hoping that being brothers that Joseph will have an easier time aiming for his brother?!? We've had quite a full day. Of course, dialysis started off Woody's day. While he was at dialysis, an exterminator came for a "Fall spray" inside the house. By the time he left it was time to pick ip Woody. After lunch, I was ready for a nap. I ended up setting an alarm so I would wake up in plenty of time prior to the telemed appointment with Woody's Vanderbilt infectious disease doctor. Woody realied that I hadn't come downstairs when it was getting close to time for the appointment. Thank goodness he realized and "paged" me through Alexis. I had doed back off after the alarm went off. The doctor didn't come on till almost a half hour late so we had plenty of time to get ipad set up and his dressing off his leg. She is going to change up his antibiotic and add in another med for a month and then he will go back om his usual antibotic. We will meet infectious disease doctor via iPad again in a couple of months. Till then the wound care here in town and I will keep an eye on how he is doing. After that appointment ended, we are free from appointments till his dialysis on Saturday...in other words a "free Friday!" I'm afraid to get too used to these free days! I'm hoping that these new meds don't make Woody feel bad. He has been doing so well and feeling so much better for about a week now...hate to change what we are doing! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautous!

A Freed-up Wednesday

We hardly knew what to do without any appointments or waiting on a nurse to arrive! So I did a little of a lot of things...I have cleaned, cooked, read, cross stitched, watered gardens, etc. It's been a fairly busy day for me. Woody's activities don't change a lot, but at least he wasn't poked or prodded by medical folk! He does have to tolerate me changing his dressing after I get finished here, but that's it for medical stuff today. We did get a delivery of supplies today...that was quick...nurse placed the order Friday and even with the holiday they are here today...and we only got the notice yesterday that they had been sent. Tomorrow back to dialysis early and then in the afternoon, he has a telemed appointment with his infectious disease doctor at Vanderbilt. We're glad that it is telemed...a good put outcome from the Pandemic! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Tuesday After a Holiday

I think that the holiday laziness continued on into today! I haven't felt like doing much...so just didn't. I have continued to do some cross stitching...but again...did a lot of napping. I did contact my hairdresser to see if I could get an earlier appointment. Somehow when we made the last appointments we made the next one six weeks apart instead of four weeks. She happened to have an opening this afternoon so I happily took it! Woody had dialysis this morning and came home with a good "report card!" They were pleased with the results of his monthly labs. I have gotten several notifications from our new supplier of medical needs...bandages, etc. I guess they accepted the nurse's order...I had been told that I would receive a call to tell them supplies needed...but just got a text that supplies had been shipped. That was an easy first order. We are now getting supplies through wound care rather than home health. I've managed to get garbage and recycle to the road for tomorrow's pickup...think that I am finished with little jobs around the house for today! Just need to check Woody's bandage to see if it needs to be changed and push the start button on the dishwasher. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Labor Day 2023

Kathy, Joy, and Esther stopped by today so Joy could do a labor of love for Goosey (Woody) today. We had a nice visit while she woked on this Labor Day! After they left, I watered the gardens. And, that was about the only labor I did today...Woody and I both had a pretty lazy day. Io was decided that today was going to be a cross stitching day. I was successful to a point...did cross stitch quite a vit, but also managed to get in a few naps. Woody also napped several times today along with getting his crossword puzzles completed for the day and watching some TV. The washer and drier have labored some for me today. But mostly a very quiet day at our house! Hopefully rested enough to be all bright eyed and bushy tailed whennit is time to head out early in the morning for dialysis! The challenge for the rest of this week will be to know what day of the week it is...thanks to our holiday Monday! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Sunday Favorite

Laboring on Labor Day Weekend!

Aren't these flowers beautiful! Melany and Wade brought them to us this morning when they came to work in our yard. They made a stop at the Farmer's Market in Murfreesboro before they made the trek here. They definitely labored...lots of weed eating, cliping, cutting, pulling, etc. went on all over our yard and gardens today. After they got here and before their labors began, the three of us headed to Lowe's to get a weedeater...maybe I will be able to use it and maybe I won't! I never got a chance to try it out...or even learn how to turn it on (convenient!?) as the battery had never fully charged and ran down quickly. Wade did put it to good use. The battery is now plugged in and getting fully charged before its next use. I went out and watered everything this evening. Woody had another dialysis day. He felt pretty depleted by the time he got home, but a snack seemed to revive him and then Wade and Melany treated us to Arbys...so that revived him some more! It wasn't "too" hot of a day...but for those out pulling and cutting and chopping it was plenty "warm." There was a nice breeze when we sat on the porch. I did a little weeding, but not much when compared to what they did. I mainly supervised from the front porch!!!! Joy came over to do some sewing this morning. Before she left, she went in to see Goosey, since he was back from dialysis. We asked her to try to fit a haircut for Goosey into her busy schedule. She is planning to come back on Monday. He is in need of her hair cutting skills. She did a great job on his first hair cut so looking forward to seeing how more time has made her even more confident! She told Goosey that she had had more practice...that she had been practicing on her brothers! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Welcome, September!

It doesn't seem possible that September is here...where has the year gone!?!?!? It is obvious that the days are getting shorter...dark around 7pm and still dark around 6am. It has been a fairly busy day...just having an appointment makes it a busy day. Today's appointment was mid day...good and bad...cuts the day right in half! But then we don't have to be up and out so early as dialysis days. Today's appointment was fairly fast...didn't have to wait in the waiting room long and then the doctor came in fairly quickly. She got the adjustable knee brace adjusted and on Woody's leg pretty quickly...hoping that we can get it on and off as easily. She is cutting us back to every other week for going to see her...a good thing...means that Woody is doing fairly well. She was comfortable with me doing the wound care and just coming to see them every so often. Hope that I can live up to their expectations! So we are gradually, at the moment, moving away from so many weekly appointments...no home health nurse, going for wound care every other week, and three times a week for dialysis...perhaps some breathing room! Woody does feel that his leg is more secure in the brace. So far we haven't taken it off and put it back on. I spent some of the down time prior to today's appointment working on this Sunday's Sunday School lesson. It's on paper...probably needs some paring down...but something is on paper. Woody completed his crossword puzzles and read and had the TV on in the background. We came home from the appointment and had lunch...then I was ready for a rest! I've talked to Cheryl and Melany on the phone...I watered the gardens while I talked to Melany. We have had supper and I think both of us are winding down from our day. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!