We were blessed to have Kristy, Miriam and David for the first couple days of the week. The two children were busy with home schooling and Kristy was able to spend time with Sandy and assist her with her needs. On Monday, I took Miriam with me to do an apartment inspection of the sister missionary's apartment. I go more for the visit with the sisters than concern for the neatness and cleanliness of their apartment (that is not a concern). We have a new sister that is straight from the MTC, but is mature and eager to do the work.
When Kristy arrived, I told her there were two projects that required her help. I called them 'getting over the inertia' projects. Longer ago than I wish to remember, I purchased a scanner for the purpose of scanning family photos and storing them digitally. Kristy was able to show me how to use the machine and get me started. In the past week I managed to copy almost 200 photos; and that is only a drop in the bucket. The other overcoming inertia project was tying the springs in the love seat. The springs are different heights; which ones go where was the problem. But Kristy noted another problem: I had run the webbing under a center support brace, and not on top. So now I need to purchase some more webbing to fix that mistake and then proceed with the spring tying.
Tuesday morning I spent taping the Midway house downstairs rooms; these chores always take longer than expected. In my absence, Kristy was able to get Sandy to her doctors appointments and stop by the cancer center and find a suitable wig (just in case). one those appointments was with the dermatologist about her swelling and cracking lips. he felt it was not a reaction to the infusion and gave her some cream to apply and they are much better That evening, Kristy prepared a delicious meal for us and the sister missionaries; Miriam made brownies - an essential item for the ice cream and chocolate sauce. Then she and her two children headed home. It was a delight having them here; they did some small and simple acts of kindness that we really appreciated.
Wednesday Sandy had her appointment with the wound healing center. Her wounds are healing nicely and she was given a good bill of health for two weeks. They also installed a new bag and as of today, it is still good, 4+ days later. This may be a new record. That night was the annual church Trunk or Treat at the church building. Because it was raining, all activities were held indoors. We had close to 200 for dinner and the activities. We have some very creative people with amazing talents of transforming themselves into interesting characters.
Thursday Sandy had her appointment with the oncologist, just prior to her next immunotherapy infusion. We waited almost an hour to see the doctor, who said that her blood work indicated kidney and liver were within norms. Because she had a 2:30 appointment with Clifford, and they were at least 30 minutes behind schedule with their infusion patients, Sandy rescheduled for the next morning. And she was able to connect with Clifford.
On Friday, she drove herself to her infusion appointment, got her treatment without any problems and was home within two hours. I was able to return to the house and work on more taping and mudding. That evening Deborah and family arrived to spend the weekend. We feel the love of family! On Saturday her children had a fun time playing in the leaves that have been falling with great gusty. In the past week, we had five consecutive days of rain for a total of 4 inches.
We had a moment of silence in honor of our mirrored shower door. The mirror was spotting and looked unsightly, so it needed replacement. But due to safety regulations, shower doors can not be made of mirror, only tempered glass. So I took the old one in to get measured; a week later they called say the glass was in, so I returned with the door. They later called to say that the glass company sent them the wrong size and it would take another week to get the glass in. And, oh by the way, they broke the mirror removing it from the frame. So we went a week with only half a shower door and had no wet floors. It took some time to get used to the different sight picture when walking into the bathroom. And now it seems strange to have two clear doors. But I will get over it...
Sandy has felt better this week and actually got out walking three days, one day in a light drizzle.
We have experienced some very beautiful fall weather, with magnificent colors; unfortunately they only last a couple of days and then the wind blows the leaves off.
These three are from our back porch:
Friday evening we had a brief rain shower complete with hail. This is what our deck looked like:
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