May 1 - was routine in the morning - YMCA for Mary and PT for Steve. Later we went to Walmart for groceries - how exciting. Thursday the 2nd of May we went to OKC VA and had Steve's lab work done and picked up some meds fo summer. We also talked to the patient advocate regarding the back injections Steve was supposed to ge through TriWest. We had lunch at Wendy's and then went home. Friday, the 34d it rained! We watched some TV and I walked around our neighborhood. Steve went to PT. It was a slow day - too much rain! On Saturday, May 4th we got around and went to Enid. I shopped at Dillard's and we celebrated JC's birthday. We had Supper at The Patio in Enid a Mexican food place. We also watched the Kentucky Derby - and were not pleased with the way that ended. We had a nice visit and then returned home. On Sunday (5th) We mowed the front yard and later the back yard. Cooper cam by and we talked to him about the summer mowing. Not a whole lot else.
Monday - May 6 - Oh wow - the sleep was not happening. Zoey kept whining, the storm came, the satellite TV went out (no way to monitor the storm). Then the computer backup unit wouldn't stop beeping, the electricity went out and I had a bad cramp in my left thigh. Finally I got about 2 house of sleep. Steve might have got 3 -34 hours of sleep. We had to get up at 4 AM to go to OKC for his kidney stone procedure. We left at 5 Am and arrived at VA at 6:25 AM - before the outpatient surgery was even open. It wasn't long thought and they took Steve to a tiny room to prep him for the surgery. The doctors kept streaming in and out - He was in surgery at 8:25 and in recovery at 10:15. We got to leave at 1:00 PM. We came home and stopped at Braum's then home for sleep. The doctor said they broke the stones up, left in a stent for any small piece to come out. He has to return in 3 - 4 weeks for a CT and get the stent out. I told him we want to go to Montana - they will try to work with us.
Tuesday - the 7th - was basically a recovery day -and we got that follow-up with Urology set up. We also went to supper with Linda & Hazel. Then we had to watch out for storms the rest of the evening.
Wedesday was routine. Thursday, May 9, I decided to shampoo the carpet in the house - the old machine was not good - so we went to Stillwater and got a new one. When we got home the work started. Shampooing the carpet makes my back hurt- so I was glad to get it over with. Friday Was pretty routine - but I did vacuum and go to the YMCA. Steve also did PT again. We got Parker's graduation present ready and talked with our boss guy in Montana. He said getting there by the 7th of June or so would be fine. So we still have our volunteer workampers job! May 11, Saturday - we got around and drove to Bartlesville for Parker's graduation. We left about 11 AM and got home about 6:15PM. Sunday we did a little yard work and then drove to OKC to meet with Kristi and the kids for Mother's Day supper. We had a nice visit and got home about 9:30 PM. The following Monday and Tuesday were routine. We did go to Texas Roadhouse in Stillwater and Linda & Hazel bought us supper to celebrate Mother's Day! Nice! Wednesday the 15th of May was just routine stuff again.
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