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specialTopic: Update
It's afternoon Monday, May 14, & after a pleasant weekend here at my lake home, it's beginning to "cloud up" so perhaps rain will follow? The winds are now NW after two/three days of south winds. My friend, & former neighbor while growing up in Pelican Rapids, Ed McDunn, flew into Mpls. Friday afternoon from Eugene, OR, so we drove my van up here Saturday morning. Besides helping me with "flushing" my Hickman "port" each day, he & I finished getting the ramp sections to my dock in place, & also the dock inserts "placed".
My pontoon was delivered Saturday, & is on the lift, ready for another season of fun-on-the-lake. Ed also tied each dock section with the plastic ties, so it's secure from big waves, I hope? Today he took the van to visit some of his dad's relatives, & if time permits, some former neighbors as well. Tonight we're planning on dinner at Spanky's, my favorite area supper club, hoping it won't be very crowded on a Monday evening?
We'll leave here tomorrow morning for our return to my apartment on the U of M campus, since I have my BMT clinic (lab, biopsy & consult) at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday morning. The following Wednesday, May 23, I meet with my doctor (again) to review the bone-marrow biopsy results. It's my hope that my weekly appointments will continue to be Wednesdays so I can travel to the lake Thursdays & return to the twin cities each Tuesday. Ed Karels, former colleague in my teaching days, will accompany me for next weekend (May 18-22) so we can purchase some "annuals" for planting here. Yes..I will allow him to dig in the dirt, without my help, since that's one of my restrictions. The two Pfiefle girls, Katie & Lizzy, will be mowing my lawn for the next several weeks. The most difficult thing for me while home is to "refrain" from doing anything in the yard or gardens, but it's still very nice to be "home" again.
I'm hoping I can continue weekends here, so I can give up my apartment the end of May, but May 16 is "day 60" following transplant, & "day 100" is still a significant date in recovery, I'm told.
Thanks for calls, notes & prayers, all of which have helped me!
Hugs from Wes