in a nutshell:
*We had a great Christmas visit from Chris and Myia.
*Lots of snow.
*more snow
*Gil's numbers are still looking good but the neuropathy in his feet and a bad knee are giving the guy a lot of pain.
*so much snow that Gil gets the truck stuck in the puddle pond by the cabin. (thank God for AAA! I suspect the two tow trucks plus Gil's tractor needed to winch it out was a first for them!)
*a visit from Adam, Kate and the delectable morsel Piper as they checked out Madison's potential. in short, they still like it.
*more snow.
*Gil gets blown over by a sudden onset cold which was immediately treated with some heavy duty antibiotics as well as his standard anti viral drug. After three weeks it was mostly over, but those nights of listening to him wheeze and cough were certainly a PTSD experience for me.
*snow and freezing rain which makes our drive way a luge run (in honor of the Olympics which he watched all of)
*Gil's good left hand develops 3 ?trigger fingers? and possible carpel tunnel which make it difficult or impossible to close his "good" hand. It makes any picking up activity difficult.
*a bout of??food poisoning?? or ? which caused a low grade fever and a 24 hour evacuation of the lower part of his plumbing which even 7 doses of hospital strength Imodium didn't put a dent in. scary but over
*MRI shows shredded meniscus and water on the knee. to be dealt with after we return from our
*** 5 week road trip out to the Pacific Northwest ! which we have been obsessively planning
We leave on March 20th and hope to return April 20th. I'll be bringing my laptop with us so perhaps I'll whip out my camera and do a blog entry with pics and dazzle. (don't hold your breath but I'll try)
But it's fair to say that the above is all the news that's fit to print since I last updated.
