Normal/Abnormal...48º

After making two early morning trips to La Grande, the last two days, Herb and I were both awake early this morning, but relieved that we could stay home!..Right now I want to sit in my recliner and stare into space, for days, until our world feels normal again...(That is not going to happen).

Herbs second eye surgery went well, healing will continue for the next week and if there are no complications, (fingers crossed) he doesn't have to see the eye doctor for a month...Our early morning trips, one rainy all the way and the second, blue skies and sunshine were uneventful and the Minam Canyon is at its peak of loveliness.

We arrived back home by noon yesterday, in time for me to keep an appointment with Dr. Furraldo, a heart specialist, who comes to Enterprise, from Spokane, once a month...It was a followup visit on the pulmonary embolism, that I experienced 2 1/2 months ago...After many questions, an EKG, a brief exam, he didn't seem very concerned about my heart itself but more about the possibility of more blood clots, (a possible stroke) if I were to go off of the blood thinners...Now I have 3 1/2 months to ponder that dilemma...His parting words were, "I want to see you in a year."

This morning seems to be as "normal" as possible, my outside chores calling to me, the inside chores piling up, as they do every summer and thoughts of what kind of meat should I thaw out for dinner, are running through my head...Also thoughts that we have many things to be thankful for and that became more apparent with visits to Dr's. offices, hospitals etc. and we saw people struggling with infirmities much worse than anything that we have experienced!..Right now we are just happy to be alive...Hugs to All...OWAV:)

Monday at Grande Rhonde Hospital

Tuesday morning before we left for La Grande