Home again, home again, jiggety jog!

Hello sweet sistas!

Just wanted to pop on and let you all know that we made it home this evening, safe and sound, despite the SNOW in TEXAS!  Good golly.  This is one crazy winter.  I drove about half way and then Butch drove the other half.  We are both improving daily, but a 6 hour drive is a bit much for either one of us right now.  And with the snow flurries on top of it, it was not a fun trip.  But that's okay.  We're home now.

Butch saw his doctor and received an optimistic report on his prostate cancer.  He is completely the 3rd of 3 hormone shots (this is his second go-round with them) which stop the production of testosterone in his body.  No testosterone=no cancer.  He will go on and off these shots intermittently for the rest of his life.  Typically he does about 9 months of hormone therapy, and then has a year or so before he has to go back on them again.  We will go back to see his doctor in Nacogdoches in April.

I also got to visit with my mother.  She is doing pretty well with her cracked pelvic bone.  She walks with just a very slight limp (I don't even think she is aware of it) and has almost no pain now.  She's driving again and seems to be 98% recovered from her fall.  I was happy to see her.  I wish she would move here, but she still says she's not ready.  So be it.  I can't MAKE her move here. 

We had a very relaxing three days away from home.  We slept late and did absolutely nothing most of the time!  We even went to the movies.  We stayed at our lake house on Sam Rayburn.  You have to understand that this lakehouse is not finished out.  We bought it from a couple who started it, but got wiped out financially by Hurrican Rita.  They had to sell and we lucked out.  So it's dried in, but has concrete floors and 2x4 walls.  LOL!  But we put in central heat and air and the septic system right after we bought it, so it's "liveable", to a point.  It makes a great camp house! We had always thought we would retire there, but then Chris got pregnant and I needed to move here in South Texas, and so we moved, and well, you all know the rest of the story.  But I have to admit, it's a great house and the itch to "finish" it got 'hold of me again this week.  I had already bought so much stuff for that house!  Light fixtures, a claw foot tub, a stained glass window for the master bath, etc.  I was going to create a charming little Lone Star Cottage there.  Oh, well, we may still do it.  Our future plans are very unsettled right now. 

But our immediate future plans are right around the corner.  We leave for South Padre Island on Sunday.  I can't wait!  We have tomorrow and Saturday to get ready for our little mini-vacay.  It will be our first solo trip in the new RV.  Oh, I hope we enjoy it!!!  I really think we will.  We travel well together.  Butch is a great traveling companion. 

Tomorrow afternoon I go back to the Wound Care Center.  I don't know if they're going to put me on a wound vac or not.  I don't know anything much about them.  But if it will heal this hole in my belly, I'm all for it.  I am SO tired of this open wound.  I would absolutely love to take a hot bath right now, but no can do.  I would love to be able to get in the hot tub at the RV park next week.  No can do.  I would love to wear my jeans instead of all these pajama pants and sweats.  I would love to stop dealing with all the bandages and dressings and ITCHIES!  I'm griping a bit here, but geez, it's been over 8 weeks now.  Enough already.

Well, I didn't really mean to write so much.  I guess I have MISSED y'all!  Read all the posts.  Will try to respond more tomorrow.  Love you all!

Good morning Vickie....I am so happy to hear from you. I am glad the time away helped even if it was doctor appointments and such!! That little lake home sounds like it woud be a great place to retire. I pray for you that that all works out!! Now in a couple days you will be off on your Mini RV Vacation!!! 

I am praying that the appointment at the Wound Care Center goes well. I agree even with the vac things will be better. I want all this over and behind you soon!! Not as much as you do of course!! 

Love you much...HUGS....connie d