While we were camping, we had a call that our friends son was in a motor cycle accident so they hopped in their truck and headed for the hospital, but did come back later, as he was 'fine'. Totaled the bike, but he escaped with only a broken collarbone and 3 staples in his head along with an abundance of 'road rash'. They guy that got hurt was Roy, that used to work for Chuck. He was riding the "Crotch Rocket" that belongs to the guy that currently works for Chuck. No insurance on the bike. Crazy people.
I had an appointment scheduled for my X-rays and visit with the Neurosurgeon on Wednesday. It was to be my long awaited and anxiously anticipated 6 month check up. The hospital lost my order for the X-Rays, causing a long enough of a delay that I couldn't see the surgeon afterward. That got rescheduled for today. MY surgeon was out of town, so I had to see another one. I was NOT happy about that, especially since I couldn't get any straight answers or information out of him. I did at least find out that my X-rays showed that all of my hardware is still in place and the bone grafts appear to be healing quite nicely. That is very good news, and my main concern, but......I had many questions about a few issues I have been having and some limitations I am still experiencing. Didn't get any satisfaction out of this guy! In a nut shell, he told me that I should be happy that I am not in as much pain as I was prior to the surgery; that I need to remember that I am no longer 20 years old {WTF?}; that where I am at might be as good as it gets but I should continue to see improvement over the next 6 months. Crap on a cracker. That was so not how I wanted this appointment to turn out.
I did finally get my Tahoe back on Wednesday after being without it for almost 3 weeks while Chuck's van was awaiting the arrival of a new engine. But then the water pump went out on the Tahoe, so I was without it for most of yesterday. Good grief. I think our vehicle situation should be back to 'normal' now and it sure feels good to have my 'Ho back!
The rose garden we put in last month seems to be a success! The gal we bought the roses from had trimmed them all back...a LOT, and after the trauma of the transplant I wasn't sure they would fare well, but they all have a lot of new growth and we have had a bloom here and there, but now they are suddenly growing like crazy! Here's a shot I took of one bloom and some buds on Monday,
And here they are today!
yep! These are all those little buds, all opened up and quite fragrant! The other plants are getting lots of buds, as well. Very encouraging, indeed. Now if we can just get them to survive the winter :)
