Happy New Year

Let's try to do better at blogging in 2020!

I'm going to back track a little, going back to just before Thanksgiving.  Rick had his left cataract removed on Tuesday, November 26.  It was a difficult surgery and he has had a lot of issues because of it.  Tuesday night he hardly slept...his eye was excruciating.  I called the doctor on Wednesday and we got into to see her.  The pressure had gone up to 45 (normal for him is 8-12) and due to the pressure there was tons of pain.  The pressure was relieved (by poking a hole in his eye to let the fluid drain out) and he was put on extra medication to keep the pressure down.  Friday after Thanksgiving, the 29th, he went back to the doctor for a re-check and the pressure had remained down. He had another appointment to check on his eyes on December 4.

On December 3, Rick went to Dr. Lis.  We have several appointments coming up to deal with his teeth.

On December 11, Jennifer's cat Lucy passed away.  We received a call from Jennifer about 5:15 a.m.  Her passing was not unexpected, but when you love an animal, it hurts like heck.  Lucy was 19 years old.

Rick had another appointment with Dr. Lis on December 11, too.

December 12 was the Christmas Party at the Board of Education at Kent Schools.  It was nice to see some folks, but not a lot of people attended.

On December 13, Cris came to sew.  We are making a blanket for her great grandson, Cooper Everett Bonina.  We are having tons of fun making appliques (elephants) for the minky blanket.

On December 18, we went to the RHS Christmas Party at the Venice Café.  We are recognizing fewer and fewer people at these functions.  So many folks have retired and those that we know seem to be grouped together, eating; not mingling with others.  We may stop going to these.  We also went to Cirque Dreams at the University of Akron.  We love Cirque d'soleil, but this performance was scaled down so much that it lost a lot of it's charm.

December 19, Sophie went to the beauty shop, Rick had another appointment with Dr. Lis and we took Pete and Beth's basket and had dinner with them at their house.  Sophie loves to go there and she gets the run of the house.

On December 21, we went to The Kent Stage to see First Snow.  It was billed as a tribute band to Transiberian Orchestra.  It was, in actuality, a heavy metal band with black makeup and clothing and gargoyles on stage.  They played a FEW of TSO's songs, but we didn't care for the show and left after an hour.

On Monday, December 23, Rick had another appointment for his eye.  Dr. Foster said he had an extremely dry eye and gave him Tears to put in his eyes twice a day.  He also had an appointment with Dr. Lis.

Tuesday, December 24, we went to Todd's home and celebrated Christmas Eve with them.  It was really nice and we enjoyed seeing that side of the family.

Christmas day we opened our gifts and then set off to go to Kelly and Scott's house.  We had a really nice time.  That night, Rick started having more eye pain.  First thing the next morning, I called the eye doctor and we got in to see Dr. Foster.  He now has an abrasion on his eyeball, and he is allergic to the Tears drops she wanted him to us

e.  She gave us Refresh Plus (no preservatives) and he is to go back on his antibiotic eye drops 4 times daily.

On December 26, Sandra Wierzbicki passed away from a fall down her stairs.  She had a brain bleed and died very quickly.  So terribly sad.

December 30 was my birthday.  I played pickleball and Todd came (he's in town because of Sandy's passing) to the tennis club and brought flowers and balloons -- arranged by Jennifer.  That evening, Cris, Jerry, Rick and I had dinner at Bricco (my choice).  I had a delicious meal of shrimp and scallops with an amazing risotto.  Cris got me an outfit for pickleball, a new and beautiful umbrella and several glue sticks.  (I use a lot of glue when sewing for temporary hold and she thinks it's funny, so she got me 6 new glue sticks!)  Rick ordered slippers for me, but they aren't in as yet.

December 31 was a quiet New Year's eve for us.  Rick's eye is not doing well at all...it's so hard when your eye is painful.

Now to 2020...January 2, rick goes to Dr. Foster again for his eye.  The abrasion is actually worse.  She put a contact lens in...he wears it 24/7 and it's supposed to protect the scratch and also hold the medicine like a sponge.  We are hoping this will help.  (It is helping, but the eye is still really painful.)  I am coming down with a lot of chest congestion, so I went to see Dr. Uhall.  He suspects I have strep throat because of my swollen glands, firey red throat and the chest congestion.  I am on an antibiotic!  Sandra Wierzbicki's funeral is this evening, too.  So terribly sad.

On Friday, January 3, Rick again goes to Dr. Lis.

Saturday, January 4 is kind of a blur...I was so sick when I woke up that Rick was really worried about me.  I pretty much just sat around and rested.

Sunday the 5th, I went upstairs to sew and look for a pattern.  I overdid it and I'm really tired and coughing more than I was.  Dinner will be leftovers...nice to not have to go out.

Ok, I'm now caught up on some of the past doings.  Now to try and keep blogging and keeping track of things.

Signing off...