Well time sure is flying past these days…..
Soo what have we been up too…..
I was supposed to see the Hearing Aid people on about the 14th April, but with the couple of short weeks over that time, my appointment was put back to the 1st May. L
Easter weekend we spent the time at home and were visited by
Beckie and the Children for Good Friday. Ben came and joined us and then
we had Bradley her for two nights before we met up with his Mum and brothers
and sister at Uncle Ben’s on Easter Sunday. This was good because the
children could go for a swim in the pool at the complex. The only
downside of that is that Max cut his chin open as he slipped getting out of the
pool. First aid administered by Nanna and the cut taped up with
Elastoplast tape and then Mum and Nanna did a trip to the chemist for
waterproof dressings and butterfly-strips also. Got some childrens
Panadol to help with the pain side of things too. The Elastoplast managed
to stay intact for 48 hours before being replaced with a modified
Butterfly-strip and a waterproof dressing. After a week the chin looked
fantastic. It had healed really well.
We had a great day with the grandchildren and they loved
being at Uncle Ben’s place.
Easter Monday was our wedding anniversary and also my Sister
Jenny and her husband peter celebrated theirs. What a beautiful fine day it
was. So Darryl and I did some family tree research for the BECKETT family
tree. [I have decided to do the Beckett tree for the grandchildren so that they
know about their ancestors]. Darryl and I had an interesting time
visiting different cemeteries taking photos of headstones, trying to find some
graves – still looking – and then we stopped at Margate [over near Redcliffe]
and had a lovely lunch looking out at the ocean.
Tuesday we took the car into our friend Paul and had its
service attended and then we headed to Loganholme shopping centre, where we had
not been in a long time. Wandered the mall for quite a time and
then went home.
Wednesday was spent doing all the household chores, and Barb
spent a lot of time spring cleaning the caravan. All curtains were washed
and dried, window screens taken out and scrubbed and put back and then all the
linen was washed too.
24th April we headed into the Wesley
Hospital to see Darryl’s respirologist and got a great report from him.
We don’t have to see him until late in the year. We then headed home and
hitched up the van and headed off to Jimboomba. We have got a lot of
things on this weekend – so made our base at Beckie and Matt’s place.
25th April we all went to the Anzac Day March at
Jimboomba [ granddad proudly marching in the ranks] and then stayed for the
full service in the park.
Back to Beckie’s and we headed off to Canungra, where we
spent the day with some of our campertrailer group friends. What a great
day. Time flew way to fast and it was time to head back.
26th we headed to Beaudesert to celebrate the 60th
birthday of our good friend Gai. We had a lovely meal at the Chinese
restaurant and then headed back to her house for drinks and chat. Left
there and back to Jimboomba.
27th we headed out to Wyaralong Dam for the day
to celebrate the Naming Day for our friends, Simon and Emily’s, little boy –
Flynte. What a lovely day we had and then splatter of rain did not start
until the day was well and truly over.
28th – Darryl and I took the van back home and
then headed off to my cousin Julies and we were doing some research into the
family. What a great day we had. Again – time flew way to fast and
before we knew it – it was 7pm. Thankfully Rhonda gave Buster some
food and turned the light on for him. By the time we got home it was
nearly 9pm. Poor little fellow had thought we had left him.
29th I did some research into two other families
– Bruce’s and Donald’s – all part of the Menz/Bruce family tree.
1st May I had an appointment with the Hearing
centre and got my hearing aids. They are so tiny BUT WOW, the things that
I can hear now :D. Volumes are being turned down and I can hear what the
big fella is muttering about over in his chair :D :D
5th May – I pieced together the final bits of
Luke’s quilt and have started layering them and pinning them in preparation for
quilting.
6th May was not a good day. Meniere’s has
reared its head and my day had been very unbalanced and then the brain-fog
kicked in with the residual headache.
9th May we made our way out to Jimboomba and
spent some time with Beckie and Luke before heading to see our GP for our
check-ups. He wasn’t happy that I have had nearly two weeks of
post-menopausal bleeding so is sending me for follow-up test and scans.
He also wants me to arrange an appointment with a gynae – so have done that
also.
I have had my hearing aids for one week today and at Lunch
time I heard the chimes in my ears to tell me to change the batteries.
10th May we joined the family at Funky Mexican at
Cleveland to celebrate Beckies Birthday and as a combined mothers day
also. I made a cake for her – which she wasn’t expecting.
12th May we had dinner with some lovely friends
and it was great catching up with them. We had not seen them for about
two years – so was great to see what each of us had been up to.
13th May we travelled to Northlakes [north of
Brisbane] and met up with our friend Chris from Campertrailers group and had a
lovely 4 hours chatting and planning our next adventures. Chris is
currently house-sitting in Northlakes.
15th May we were back at the Hearing centre and
making some minor adjustments to my hearing aids. I also had the tests
and scans attended.
19th May went to see the specialist Gynae and he
wants to operate and remove a suspect ovary. When? Well I have a space free on
Thursday morning!!! Right. So Darryl said – get it out the sooner
the better. We were due to travel on the 20th to Goomeri,
to spend a week with our caravanning friends and witness the Pumpkin
Festival. So sent messages giving our apologies, completed the admission
paperwork for the hospital and called Beckie and Ben to keep them in the
loop. Once home it was letting the siblings know what is happening.
22nd we arrived at the hospital before 7am and
told that going through to theatre at 9.30. Say goodbye now as hubby can’t go
any further L.
All checks and preparations attended and then waited.
Went through to theatre at 10.20 am and woke in recovery at 12md. Back to
the ward by 12.45pm and then chatted on and off with Darryl and Beckie before
they left at about 3pm. Had a disturbed nights sleep – as one does when recovering
from an anaesthetic and having all the necessary observations and checks
attended.
23rd – check by the specialist at 7.30am and all
good. He said he was glad he got it out – but is sure it is benign – and
will get back to me next week with the histology results. Discharged at 9.45am and then home to sleep for four hours J
I have noticed whilst incarcerated on REST that Buster has
got quite a constant cough and he seems to be breathing with some
difficulty. This progressed quite severely over the weekend and on Sunday
night he hardly had any sleep due to this constant cough. L Monday we contacted the Vet and
was able to get him in at 10.30am. They think he may have Kennel cough –
so have to keep him separate from other animals until seen. L
Well - he does not have kennel cough J but he does have Congestive Heart Failure and a huge heart
Murmur and they are not sure how much longer he will be with us. L We have commenced him on fluid
tablets and he will have a review next Tuesday.
Wednesday 28th – Buster had NO coughing at all on
Monday night and it was so good to know he had a good sleep BUT he is still
breathing faster than he should. He did have a couple of coughs this
morning though L He is nowhere near
as energetic as his usual self :C and this morning we had to force him to take
his fluid tablet. L Tonight I
hid it in a piece of cake and he took it no worries :D
I had another follow-up with the hearing people and don’t
have to go back until our return from our next trip – so that is good.
We then went to the Redlands RSL club to see our dear
friends Julie and Ted Bartlett who are on a trip out from England. Their
son, Ted’s, partner Megan gave birth to a beautiful little girl last month in
Darwin, so we were seeing some very happy grandparents. They head back to
Darwin tomorrow afternoon – so it was lovely being able to spend time with them
and Elizabeth and Leanne.
As we were saying our farewells we received a call to join
Julie and Ted, Elizabeth and Leanne for lunch. What a lovely day we
had. Arriving home at 5pm.
We got the results of the histology back on the ovary.
It is BENIGN so all is good. The other stuff that was done requires
review and possible further action but not until we return from our trip –
Doctors orders.
So that is all from us for now. Sorry for the medical
stuff BUT most of you will understand that this is how I tick.
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