October...Dixie
helped at the Churches fall turkey dinner on the 5th.
It was a wonderful dinner! She worked on the 6th
and then we headed to Great Falls. We had dinner at Chili's and did
a little shopping. Surgery was scheduled for 630am on the 7th.
While talking to Dr. Cameron just before going into surgery it was
decided that she should also have carpal tunnel surgery again on the
left hand since the tingling is in all fingers & thumb. That
will make recovery a bit longer. All went well but the doc said that
the wrist was a bit unique as the nerve had grown around the scar
tissue since the surgery 30 yrs ago. He had to do quite a bit of
moving of the median nerve so it will be more sensitive for awhile.
Also the ulnar nerve was quite compressed. Hopefully when it is all
said and done there will be improvement. We overnighted again in
Great Falls and headed home on the 8th.
The next week Dixie was in full bandage with a little movement in
the elbow.
The
11th
and 12th
Doug & Fran put in the tile backsplash in the kitchen. It turned
out beautiful!
On
the 12th
we attended the Hogeland Fireman’s Spaghetti dinner.
The
14th
we road to Great Falls with Doug, Fran and Camilla. We had dinner at
Borries. Dixie had a follow up with Dr. Cameron – he removed the
bandaging and stitches from the elbow. The wrist stitches will
remain for another week. The middle and ring finger are still pretty
numb & per the doctor they could be for awhile. Dixie went to
the chiropractor in the afternoon and we headed home after that.
We
packed the motorhome with more stuff – preparing to take it south.
Mike helped Doug with the building of their roof deck on 18th,
20th
& 21st.
Dixie
had Donnie Harmon remove the 5 stitches from her wrist on the 21st.
The
22nd
we went to Chinook. Dad & Dixie had a flu shot at the Health
Dept and Dixie had physical therapy. They also got car license for
both of Dad's cars.
Mike
didn't feel well on the 22nd
and 23rd
so we went to Harlem to the doc (PA actually) on the 23rd.
He got medication for a UTI. It took several days to help but by
the 27th
he was finally feeling better.
Doug
& Fran installed part of the tile in the bathroom on the 23rd
& 24th.
The
25th
we left with the motorhome to head south. We just went to Chinook as
we had a surprise 60th
Birthday party for Doug at the Eagles. It turned out very well and
he was even surprised. We served 61 people dinner! We overnighted
at the Bear Paw RV park.
The
26th
we left around 830am. We had to make several stops (for Mike) but we
made it to Clark Canyon Reservoir around 430ish (371miles). It is 20
miles south of Dillon. We saw a few snowflakes that evening but it
was a pretty view of the water.
The
27th
we pulled out around 815a and drove 394 miles to Payson, UT where we
parked in an old Starbucks lot next to Walmart.
The
28th
we left at 715am with a destination of Bullhead City...457miles...a
long day! We overnighted at Ridgeview RV park. We had dinner at
Bill & Gloria's RV and enjoyed catching up with thems.
The
29th
we made it to Quartzsite – Rainbow Acres. We parked at Jim and
Linda's site since it was easier to get into than Bob & Cheryl's.
Unfortunately we had a little accident. We had unhooked the car but
didn't move it....well Mike didn't see it (since we normally move it
once we unhook) and he backed the motorhome up to position it to pull
into the driveway....oops crunched into the grill of the Tracker.
The radiator hose was crimped and water and antifreeze were coming
out. Beside's this mishap we had fun with the gang in Quartzsite.
We had happy hour that day and then shopped a bit in Quartzite on the
30th
and then went to Ehrenberg for dinner.
The
31st
we drove to Yuma and then on to Sommerton. We had called John
Hebblemen about the tracker and he told us a place to take it. We
left it with Jose Yepez in Sommerton for repair. We then drove the
motorhome to Harolds and parked it. John came and picked us up and
took us to the airport. We could get as far as Denver where we
overnighted. We made it back to Great Falls on the 1st
and Doug picked us up.
