JUNE
– Worked on getting Dad's Motorhome ready for travel! We drove
to Great Falls on the 6th and overnighted at Doug/Fran's.
We stopped at Dad's on the way – we asked Lowell if Dad had been
going to meals and he said he didn't even know he was there – so no
he hasn't. I also talked to the Administrator, Laurie and she said
he hadn't been going down and also recently hadn't been asking for
them to be brought to his room. They will begin giving him meal
reminders.. Once arriving in Great Falls we did some shopping &
went to dinner at the Montana Club. On the 7th we closed
on Dad's Condo in the morning. We got a beautiful flower arrangement
from Lorelei. We stopped to see Dad on the trip back.
The
14th we headed out in Dad's motorhome...we stopped at
Dad's and gave him a Father's Day bag and then drove to Aunt
Shirley's in Seeley Lake, arriving around 5p. We went to a lovely
pizza dinner at the Double Arrow – thanks Shirley. We spent the
next day checking out the cigarette lighter issue in the mh. We
didn't figure it out! We also went for a walk and stopped to see
Ross & Lacene and their new home. We had a very nice dinner that
evening with Aunt Shirley. Had a great time visiting and catching
up. On the 16th we drove to Missoula to Jim & Mary's
RV park for our FMCA Rally. It was a bit raining the first day. On
the 17th we drove into Missoula and shopped a bit. In the
afternoon we took a tour of the Smoke Jumper Visitor Center. It was
very interesting! That evening our group went to dinner at the “Buck
Snort” restaurant about 5 miles up the road.
Sat.
the 18th we went to the farmer market down on the river
and stopped at the Kettlehouse Brewery for a Cold Smoke. We had a
quick lunch and shopped a bit and headed back to the MH. Our group
had a potluck that evening. The wind was blowing quite a bit and I
found that I had a bad allergy to something in the air! The park had
numerous tree and flowers everywhere. IT was one of the prettiest
parks for vegetation that we have been at in all our travels!
The
19th we left Missoula for the 100 mile drive to Lakeside.
We arrived at Bill & Gloria Brinkman's around noon. They have a
house in Mission View Terrace that they purchased last year. We
parked in their RV site. Bill cooked a wonderful steak dinner that
evening. On the 20th Gloria & I visited with Jim &
Diane Jenks for a bit in the morning. We had an issue with the water
in the motorhome so went drove to Gardner RV in Kalispell for a part.
We were able to fix the problem, thank goodness. In the afternoon
we went out on Bill & Gloria's pontoon boat. We drove down the
lake and had a great trip. It wasn't terribly warm but the sun was
shinning! They cooked another great meal that evening.
On
Tue., the 21st we left around 830a. It was a rainy/dreary
day for most of the trip. We stopped in CutBank for lunch and then
at Merlene's beauty shop for a visit. We grocery shopped in Havre
and then stopped to visit Dad. While there he told me he had a pain
in his abdomen area. It was very tender to touch. We decided I
would call the VA and see if we could get in on Friday after his Eye
Dr appt. We arrived home around 7pm in the rain.
We
headed back to Havre early Friday morning for Dad's 945a appt with
Dr. Boes. I cut Dad's hair prior to that. The eye dr decided to
take him off all the eye drops for the left eye. From there we went
to the VA dr appt. They were able to clear out more ear stuff in the
left ear which should help with the hearing. She also decided to
stop his Diabetes and Cholesterol medications due to his not eating.
He had lost 11 pounds since April 7th and 17 lbs since
last July. She feels that the tenderness is in the liver. We have a
CT of the Abdomen scheduled for next Tue. We had to do some grocery
shopping & pick up items for Dad. We stopped in Chinook on the
way home where I cut John & Angie's hair and enjoyed dinner with
them.
The
25th we spent the day inside as it was cool, wet and
windy. We went to Doug/Fran's for dinner and I cut their hair.
I
went to Havre early on the 27th to take Dad to his CT
Scan. We were to be there at 9am for bloodwork, however when we were
ready to leave the room he decided he didn't want to go to any more
doctors. Between Doug, Denita & I we could not convince him to
go. I was ready to leave when the CNA, Tolina talked him into it.
We were a bit late but were able to get it done. We found out a
couple of days later that he has several Gallstones.
On
the 30th we took Dad's motorhome to Beavercreek.
Doug/Fran met us there later in the day.
