Sunday, May 22nd., 2022…… Rylee is doing about the same. She
moves around slowly, doesn’t want to eat, and is still drinking and peeing
excessively. She wants to rest and sleep and we are not pushing her for
anything else. I will be calling the vet tomorrow morning to get her in. As I
mentioned before, the weather is looking really good here – at least for the
next week or so! Still too wet to mow
but each day you can see the grass dries out a bit more, so we’re still hoping
to mow soon. Later in the day, after Cathye got back from church, and with no
changes with Rylee, we decided to get the bikes out and do a little ride. I
loaded them in the truck we went to River Park and took off on the new trail
that started just under the bridge at Gill’s Landing. This morning I had
installed a basket on Cathye’s bike so we could bring Jama. We still haven’t
figured out how we can take Rylee – I can’t let her run next to me on a leash,
it’s just not safe for anyone, but she wasn’t able to come with us anyway
today. The ride was really nice. We did that new trail and then continued on and rode
around the Cheadle Lake trail. On the way back, we stopped at Penny and
Cherrelyn’s and visited with them for a while. We took some pics there and, on
the trail…
When we got back, I think our speedometers indicated we rode only about 5
miles, but it was still nice to get out for a while.
Monday, May 23rd., 2022…… I had an 8:00am appointment this morning to drop the car off for that
leak problem. But first, I went out and used a urine kit to catch a sample from
Rylee that I could drop off at the vet’s office. On the way back from the dealer, we drove to the vet's office and I called from
the parking lot (which is their practice) and they had a 3:20pm today so that
was good! We dropped off that sample as well. We hung around the house most of
the day and waited until we went in for butthead. After meeting with them, they
said she had a slight fever and a slight bit of redness in one of her ears. The
rest of her vitals all were normal. They did a stool sample and said they would
need more time on the urine sample and would go from there. Maybe antibiotics. The car has a transmission line leaking and a
water pump going out. Parts would be in tomorrow, so that was that.
Tuesday, May 24th., 2022…… We needed to go to Albany this morning. We also needed to go to Eugene. Cathye has an appointment with an eye surgeon there for a consult. She is looking at a procedure to lift her eyelids a bit to allow her to see without strain.. They need to get approval and then schedule something. We're hoping sometime in July, before our trip to Hawaii in August. In all of our activity with
Rylee and the car and the surgeon, we didn’t have time to go see Jamie and give him his weekly
allowance. We did that and stopped after at Elmer’s for breakfast. The vet
called me while we were there and said blood and urine show a urinary tract
infection. And that I can come by in a few minutes and pick up medication. We
can only guess that she got into some of the stagnant water around here in the
ditches and it gave her the infection. They have her on high
dose antibiotics and also a pill to help settle her stomach while she takes it.
She will eat but only the griller treats she and Jama get after dinner.
Luckily, she will eat the 2 ½ mega-size pills like a treat! Wow! The doctor said it would be 36-48 hours
before she would show signs of improvement. But at least they found her problem
and we all feel better about that.
Later, we made arrangements to go to Seeds (the Italian Bistro here in
town) with Butch and Penny and Cherrelyn. We have a gift card from Butch and
Penny and he is visiting her today, so it’s a good time to go out and have a
dinner to remember Lydia’s passing and to celebrate her life. It was a fun evening. Cherrelyn came back with
us to the house to try out our extra ebike that is for sale.
Wednesday, May 25th., 2022…… Lydia’s passing – two years today…
It will never be an easy day to get through but I think I did well. Cathye
went to SHEM but first dropped me off at the GMC dealership to pick up the
Acadia, which was done. I came home and spent
the morning prepping the lawn for mowing. I did some string trimming on areas
beforehand and also cut down some dead branches on a tree on the outermost
island. It will eventually need to come down, but I wanted to be able to mow
under it today. Penny came by. Corey was here. Cathye got back. So, we all took
a mower and started in. The grass has NEVER ever been this high before! We all had some serious issues getting the mower through
certain areas, but we managed to get it all done! I didn’t even try to use the
bagger on my mower (the others don’t have baggers) because it would get clogged
up within ten feet! The plan was to mow
it and leave the cuttings for tomorrow to either mulch over or try to bag.
Tomorrow is also the last day before the rains come in again. But, at least, we
have the major job completed. Thanks to all for your help! Oh yeah, I needed to
go get non-ethanol gas for the mowers. Three 5-gal containers came to $95.! Oh
well, it was worth it!
As I mentioned, I did pretty well throughout the day. Lydia was a special
woman and we had so many great years together. I spent some time looking
through photos. Some were good times when she was healthy and some were the
later months when she wasn’t. But I needed to see them all again today. My
sweet Cathye is so supportive and encouraged me to do just that.
Thursday, May 26th., 2022…… Rylee is showing signs of improvement. She is eating a little and has a
bit more energy. Good news! Today was another
day to take a vehicle in to the dealership. This time it was Cathye’s truck.
She had made an appointment with the Toyota dealer in Corvallis to have it
serviced. I followed her there and we dropped it off and then went to Bed Bath
and Beyond. I needed a new pillow and she needed some items. We left there and
headed back. In the parking lot, I noticed I had fluid leaking from the recently-fixed Acadia! It looked like radiator fluid from the
overflow tank was dripping out a bit. We went back to the Toyota dealer and she
got her truck and I headed out ahead of her with the intent to stop by
Primasing on the way home to have it looked at again. Turns out I needed to
give them 30 minutes for the service technician who worked on it to get back
from lunch. I met up with Cathye at the local Wilco to buy flower pots and dog
food. By then it was time to head back to the dealer. The guy took about 10
minutes to analyze (and remedy) the situation. Turns out he had ‘overfilled the
overflow tank’ to a point where it was pushing fluid out. He apologized for his
mistake (no big deal but very respectful!).
Like I said, a simple fix and it is good to go now. When we got back
home, I got out my mower, attached the bagger, and attempted to pick up all of
the loose grass to move to the burn pile. It was overwhelming the bagger system
so I abandoned that process and used my old pull-behind catcher on the lawn
tractor and that worked! Meanwhile, Cathye
went back to another section with her mower and went over and over the
clippings, effectively mulching them and spreading them throughout the lawn. We
worked like that until the rains started. We got everything put away before it
started to get too heavy. All we need to do next is one last section, which we
will have a window for maybe tomorrow afternoon, depending on how much rain we
get. I cleaned up and took off to Walmart to get tortillas for tacos for
tonight's dinner. I make only two or three out of about 100 dinners around here these
days. Making tacos is one of those. I think they were delicious. Cathye agrees
so I guess I’ll keep doing that.
Friday, May 27th., 2022…… We had to take off early this morning to go to Elmer’s again. This time
it was to pick up Cathye’s credit card!
She used her card the other day but when the bill came, she had me do
the tip. Seems neither of us remembered to take the card from the tray! We
missed it last night and called and the manager confirmed that they had it
in the safe. So, we went off to go eat and get it back. We also stopped at her
credit union because we now have her requisite driver’s license – required for account
changes. So that is done. We came back and downloaded a form to get her
passport updated with a name change. You still have to take a picture and do
everything that you would do when you renew the card. She will need to go to
Walgreens to get a photo taken before we can send it in. But those are two more
things off our plate to do! When we were working on gathering up her passport
and such, she looked at my passport and saw that it expires this month! So, I
got busy myself with a renewal form and got everything filled out on that. Then
we headed off to Walgreens and were fortunate that they weren’t busy and the
young lady there was very friendly and completed our photos in record
time! We went across the street to
Walmart so Cathye could get a money order for hers (since her new checks
haven’t come it yet). You can’t pay online with a credit card we found out. We
also bought some padded envelopes because you have to return your old passport.
Good thing we are not in any hurry because they say its 5-11 weeks to get the
new one. But at least we are in process!
We came back and rested. We are noticing that Rylee is getting better by the day! She has her appetite back and has more
energy, has been gnawing on her bones, so we know her meds are working and
she’s kicking this! We spent the evening relaxing and watching programs before
calling it a night.
Saturday, May 28th., 2022…… Plans today are to finish picking
up the grass clippings on the other side of the driveway. We have one week
before our anniversary party here. We expect 50 people so tomorrow Cathye is
borrowing some chairs from her church. They just updated everything and the old
chairs are there for the loan. We have several popup canopies which will be set
out all around the back yard area. We have a space set aside for lawn games
(bocce ball, cornhole, croquet, etc.). Besides chairs and tables, we are going
over a list of what we have and what we need to get. I’m looking forward to this but at the same
time want to see it over! Before next
Saturday, I hope to be able to mow again and with the landscaper’s assistance,
we hope to get the place the best we can. The plan today also includes
finishing the sanding on the trellis and get a coat of primer on it. I think we
can get it done and out in the garden before next weekend.
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