Sunday, January 4th., 2026…… A quiet day so far. The weather
is pretty much the same as last week. Cold and rainy. It rained pretty hard
last night so Rylee’s runway is pretty full this morning. We still go out on
walks unless it’s raining so we did this morning. Cathye left to go take care
of Penny. She’s having issues from her rehab on her shoulder and is pretty
stiff and sore. Today, Cathye went over to help her with her shower. She
stopped and got us breakfast and coffee on the way back home. Meanwhile, I fed
the dogs. Cat got some pics from Terisa from FB of her and Daniel and Tait skiing (on their family's property), and going to the Science Museum. Cool!
He is growing up so fast!
It was football and taped shows for us the rest of the day until it was time to head over to class. They have learned all of the calls and will graduate next week so they are in review now. Next up for all of us is the big dance of the year here in Oregon – the Mid-Winter Festival here in Albany. We are already registered and have an rv space for the motorhome. Soon I will need to go out and make sure the rv is ready for the weekend.
Monday, January 5th., 2026…… Today we were up and going early.
We walked the girls and fed them, then took off for the gym and breakfast.
Cathye went over to help Penny with her shower. She is not doing well after her
rehab. She needs help because she is in pain form the workout. When she left
there, she headed off to Albany to run some errands. While she was still out, I
got a text from Maraglee, Penny’s neighbor. She was taking Penny in to the er
because she could see the suture area was red and swollen. I headed over there
immediately and Cathye met us there too. They did a lot of tests and discovered
that she has a severe infection in the area. After consulting with her surgeon in
Corvallis, it was decided to send her over to Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis,
so the doctors could work on her there. We left to go home and she called later
to say she got checked in and they were doing more tests. They determined that
they would need to go in and remove the infection and would plan on doing that
sometime tomorrow. in the night.
Tuesday, January 6th., 2026…… After breakfast we left for the
hospital. Still no word on surgery. She said a slew of doctors and attendants
and hospitalists, etc. were in and out all morning! They told her that her surgeon is planning on
staying late and would do it tonight. She called later to say that they had
some emergencies and would have to reschedule for tomorrow. So, she tried to
sleep.
Wednesday, January 7th., 2026…… Surgery is scheduled for today! We
went there and waited with her until they were ready to go into the operating room.
The doctor came in and gave us the gist of what they were doing. He said he
would call us at home when he was finished. Later - I think it was a total of
four hours in surgery – he called and said everything went well. They replaced
all of the items they had installed previously. That way, he thinks they won’t
have to go back in again. We’ll see. This time, she will be on antibiotics for
a while just to ensure there will not be another bout with infection. Again,
we’ll see. We went to bed.
Thursday, January 8th., 2026…… HAPPY
BIRTHDAY PENNY! Can’t believe I said that! Since
she will be spending it in pain and in a hospital, I can’t imagine it being a
fun day! It is super cold this
morning! Brrrr! We waited until this afternoon to go over to Corvallis. It was raining when we left the house but as we got down the road a mile
or so, it turned to snowflakes! They
melted when they hit the ground and we made it ok. We took
her some apple fritters and a couple of cake pops. She is still in some pain
after the surgical block wore off. They gave her some meds and she is doing ok.
She said she is scheduled to be released sometime after 11:00am tomorrow. We
already have a plan for Cat to go back with her to stay. We asked her to come
here but she is more comfortable in her own bed, watching her taped shows and
relaxing in quiet. So, Cat will spend a few days staying there, like she did
last time.
Friday, January 9th., 2026…… Cold morning. Brrr… We are still waiting for Penny to give us a call to
let us know when to come get her. She called later to say they would be keeping
her another day at least. Her infection is still being heavily treated and they
wanted to get a plan together for health care after she leaves them. She may be
able to get them to come give her the antibiotics at home with home care
people, but she’s not sure yet. Either way, it will be tomorrow. Meanwhile, we
decided not to go to the Plus dance in Albany tonight. I am just lazy I guess.
Besides, Cathye hasn’t learned Plus yet (she starts a class in Feb.) and also the
college playoff game is tonight!
Saturday, January 10th., 2026…… We are going through the wait and see game again this morning!. They say she is going home today and she feels that will happen. But she says they aren’t doing home health care. Insurance or something. They are planning on having her go in to the Lebanon hospital every day for a week or so (?) to get an infusion of antibiotics. With that in mind, they installed a pick line for that. Then she was able to call and I went to go get her. I had time so I stopped on the way and picked up her prescription from the pharmacy. Cathye had her bags packed and was ready for the call to come to her house to meet us there. I turned her over to Cat and left to come home to take care of the dogs. So – we have a plan. Cat did ask if I had wanted to go to the Sweet Home dance tonight. Obviously, she couldn’t go – but I was good to stay home too!
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