Well Thursday was another fun filled day after my blood doctors visit which gave me good news. I don't have the gene that causes unusual clotting but because I've had 2 other instances where clotting was a factor he recommends that I stay on Eliquis(blood thinner) the rest of my life or at least maybe in years to come a reduced amount of the drug. Anyhow everything else checked out good and up to normal standards and I do not have to see him again unless I feel the need. I'm hoping the VA will help me get the drug at a lesser cost than what I'm paying now at Walgreens until I can get the part D plan with medicare. That was good news and no other markers as he is an oncologist and deals with severe cases. We headed to Sam's Club to pick up birthday food for Sunday's supper when we are having 17 family folks to celebrate Sam and Nancy's birthdays.
We came back and had some lunch and then I read for another couple hours. I didn't get in a bike ride or a walk today but was active on my feet. I dropped off the old pump at Ace hardware in hopes the tech will fix me up with new pump to the specs I need to fit in the garage and someone to install it. Being down on the floor and in that tight space aggravated my back some what, so its time to have a pro install it and save my back.
I have to use city water to keep the veggies from dying in this heat and no rain. It's awfully dry here with no rain for weeks. The temps haven't been extremely hot but the breeze and the lack of humidity have really kept the garden dry. Well we were invited over to the Tracy's for birthday supper celebration and the Botbyl's picked us up around 5:30. The traffic was unbelievable as it seems every northerner has moved here. It took us 45 minutes to go about 15 miles with huge backups on every major road.
They had a magnificent meal that started with horderves of cheeses, meats and dips with some sangria and then the main course was delicious with baked chicken breasts, black beans and yellow rice and tons of different dressings and toppings. Kathryn is an excellent cook to say the least. They also had a decadent chocolate birthday cake which I must say was the best ever from Publix. They also had her cousin who lost her husband a couple years ago and who was a first cousin to Kathryn. Betty is from from the Chicago area and has been here a month or so to visit.
It was a fine evening with great talk as we caught up on everything since we all had the virus in different stages and times. Kathryn and I had it the most severe of the rest of the gang and Dan is still using some steroids to clear up his lungs which hasn't fully recovered from nearly a year ago. Carol probably suffered the least along with Nancy and then Patrick and then myself. But Kathryn was in the hospital for nearly 2 months and at one time was considering a lung transplant. She has recovered nicely and is looking great and now back to her old self. We are all so thankful we made it through this stage and hopefully will continue to stay healthy despite our ages. I'm the oldest in the gang then Kathryn and Dan and of course the two birthday girls who are a year apart with Nancy being the baby and Carol a year and a day longer older.
It was going on 9:30 before we headed out for Seminole and it was soon shower time for me and then some horizontal lab around 10:30. I'm surprised I slept through the night after eating chocolate cake so late in the evening but I never got up at all during the night, LATER
