Things are just being pretty much the same as my last post; except the good news is that my wife seems quite a bit better. Her heart rate is back to normal and her blood pressure is also normal. She has a bunch of pills to take every day and who knows how long that will last but it's miles better than being in a hospital bed with IVs all over your arms! And we get to visit our favorite restaurants which I'm told is a lot better than the hospital food.
My leg is still bothering me and I walk like I'm about 90. Both of the medical people I've talked with say I'm having sciatica pain. It is a nerve that starts in your lower spine and continues down the leg all the way to the foot. In my case the pain stops at the knee so I guess I'm half lucky. Both my regular doctor and the specialist took x-rays and while I have some deterioration of my spine it's nothing unusual for an old fart like me. At any rate the first level of treatment is Physical Therapy. I was interviewed by one of the PT doctors and my first PT appointment is next Wednesday. Until then I've got a couple medications that are supposed to loosen things up and tyenol for the pain. None of them are working as far as I can tell!
The storms that have been hitting California have brought some more snow to our local mountains but nothing down here. That's ok. Our aquifer gets it's water from those mountains and we sure need it. Death Valley has been actually getting rain and it has formed up into a giant puddle called Lake Manly. It is draining away now and boats are no longer allowed but I'll bet it was fun for a couple of days! We are getting a fair amount of gusty wind which knocks the bird feeders around but we can't make it too easy for them. Every now and then a large crow or raven decides coasting in the wind over our house is fun and sets off the RING camera. At least they aren't trying to land on the darned thing!
No new photos to share today. Maybe next time. Thanks for stopping by. Keep washing those hands and keep your sneezes to yourself!
