aKathy's What's for Dinner 7/15

Happy Monday! This morning started with the river birch being removed from the back yard. It was a victim of Beryl, ending up half uprooted and leaning against the roof. Not sure if we will plant another tree this fall or not. Today I thought about just replacing it with a nice, large fountain.

Dinner tonight may be at the new restaurant that opened a block away. The chef had a following at his old location near DD's apartment but I never tried it. The parking lot seems to always be full, so I am hopeful that it will be a good option we could just walk to!

It's been a long week but after yesterday I finally feel hopeful. They extubated him on Friday and yesterday switched his oxygen to the cannula. They have also begun to slowly cut back on his oxgyen and reduce the amounts of steroids he is receiving.  PT has been making him sit up in the chair for 2-3 hours a day. Yesterday he was scheduled for a brain MRI but when I got there about 1 pm they had cancelled it. The neurologists feel they have discovered the root of the problem and began treating that last night. Time will tell if they are correct. They are thinking as a result of the keytruda he has developed myasthenia gravis which can be a rare side effect. That would explain the problems breathing deeply enough and the vision problems because it affects the muscles needed. Fingers crossed the treatments work. His mind is still sharp and he's still good at giving me lists of things to do - both very good signs!  I think the next step will be to move him to long term care to continue to rehab.  With luck by the end of the week!

Thank you to everyone for asking about him and sending messages of encouragement.  They are so appreciated.  I owe several people notes in return and promise I will get to you soon!

Happy birthday to karenlou and jeremysgirl
scrapmaven - big sisters are the best! I’m the oldest of 3 sisters (and a pile of brothers too!)

Thursday I got a call from the oral clinic, asking me to come back for another scan. I went in this morning and saw a different doctor, whose first question was ‘is this your first time with us?’ Seriously - just look at my records on that computer right beside you! Anyway, she took a look, but didn’t do an ultrasound, told me it doesn’t look dangerous and told me to come back in 3 months. Part of me is fine with that, but part of me wants to know what’s going on.
My friend came with me and once I was done at the clinic, we walked down to the main city square to a favourite cafe for coffee and something to eat. I did a bit of shopping at the market while I was there and popped into one of the inner city churches to light a candle.

Dinner tonight is chicken, with rice salad.

Happy Birthday karenlou and belated happy birthday to jeremysgirl !

**GypsyGirl** , thanks for the update. Still keeping y'all in my prayers.

scrapmaven , what a nice thing to do for the window guys. Yes, the heat must be hard on them. Have fun on your little trip with ODS.

I have a Chiropractic appointment this morning. We might go swimming at our sport's club this evening. When it's over 100° it just isn't fun. It has cooled down some.

Dinner will be pork chops and baked yams.

We never get a refrigerator with an icemaker:

**GypsyGirl** - so hope things continue to move in the right direction with your DH! Happy birthday karenlou ! And happy Monday to everyone else. Plowing through the todo list. I think my husband's going to grill steaks that we'd planned over the weekend, but he never got around to - that or I'll have to throw them in the freezer. Take care all!

I think you have misconstrued the situation. I didn't find the doctor dismissive at all, and I was quite comfortable with her. She examined me thoroughly and then decided that it wasn't necessary to do an ultrasound, and did look through my notes once I told her what had been happening so far.  She feels it's a distended vein, no danger to me, and that the best course of action RIGHT NOW is to do nothing. The doctor who called me last week has seen me twice, and I think his reason for wanting to do the US was as much his own curiosity as to what is there, rather than to do anything more. He even said that he could see my surgery appointment in my notes, and that he wouldn't consider dong anything before that anyway. It's not a matter of calling the other doctor - they both work in the same University clinic and I don't even know his name! Nothing is going to happen for this issue before October, so whether I had an ultrasound today is pretty much irrelevant.

Hi all!

This week's dinner is roast, veggies, and a broccoli casserole thing for me as a side dish.

I always have to laugh when I think about doctors not reading notes because when an old doctor of mine retired, I asked the office for my patient file so I could both have it for my own records and send it to the new one I found. According to said records, I've had a child, breast biopsy, tonsillectomy, thyroidectomy, AND I'm 390 years old. (I have had exactly none of these things... and I'm 34.)

We had a terrible thunderstorm this morning. I spent the morning on the couch with Walker in my lap. He is terrified of thunder and he is NOT a lapdog!

Today is a casual day but tomorrow is a busy one. I have an eye dr appt for my yearly checkup (I am diabetic so we get a free yearly checkup), a hair appt and supper with my alphabet gang.

Supper tonight will be take out pizza.

Happy birthday to those celebrating and sending healing thoughts to those suffering.

Happy Birthday karenlou and jeremysgirl!💐🎁🎈
We are having chicken fingers, mashed potatoes and green beans for dinner.

Happy Monday! I've been plugging away in the office this morning. It is our busy time of year.

Yesterday I had lunch with a dear friend who moved back to Oklahoma about 20 years ago. This is the second time I have seen her in that time frame. I love that we just can pick up where we left off like no time has passed. It was a fun afternoon. Of course I had lot of pictures of baby Hudson to share!


karenlou wishing you the happiest of birthdays!! What color are you picking for your toes?! I love a good pedicure with a long massage!!!

Dinner tonight is up in the air. I am not sure if dh will be here or not. He's got a lot of jobs that need done so he may be gone. I may have leftover meatballs and strawberries.

Hoping you gals in hot states and staying cool. We are having weather that resembles fall weather (already ) When I got up on the night it was in the 40's.

rymeswithpurple I got nothing on that doctor file! That's beyond absurd!


I'm trying a version of that infamous "spaghetti sauce from 'The Bear'." I've seen a lot of versions out there, so I'm kind of averaging out the various things I've seen. One thing I can tell you is that right now, this house smells like I've sprayed basil and garlic air freshener everywhere! It smells good right now, but I hope it modulates before dinner, or I'll be so sick of the smell I won't want to eat!

I have wreaths for every season and more!   

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