I guess you all wonder what happened to us after our return from our fabulous vacation. Fabulous because it was with our children and in-laws, we spared no expense, everyone got along! We couldn’t have been more pleased.
What I had not mentioned was that the weekend before we were to fly to Stockholm, we were going to McAllen TX to spend a weekend with Cindy and Tim! The night before we left we were at the ER for Ted. He had a hernia that popped out and was about 4 inches long. After testing and normal stuff, the doctor came in, massaged it until it popped back into place. Once we got to that point I told her of our travel plans for the weekend and then the two weeks in Europe. She advised not doing the upcoming weekend trip but said if all stayed as is, we could go to Europe. Absolutely no lifting, advised Ted how to coax the hernia back into place if necessary, this was not life threatening and we weren’t going where there was no modern medicine.
So we went. Ted absolutely did not lift anything. We walked 11,000 steps a day and all went well. The day after we came home he had an appointment with a surgeon. He had pre op stuff, a date set and we didn’t do much else. In fact, I had a terrible chest cold and didn’t go out either.
Surgery went well. No problems with pain, he could get up and down and was walking within 12 hours. They were amazed how well he did for being 81. After 23 hours they released him and I brought him home. He rested in his recliner, slept through the night and continued on as if nothing had happened. He didn’t drive for the 5 days as directed and by then he was carrying on normally.
Two neighbors brought dinners, one came for a visit and we eventually met Tommy and Susan for lunch. We are just getting back to doing our routine social things and will have more to share in a week or two.
So I will just share some dinner photos from the trip and Halloween ones from the kids.
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