EYE DOCTOR

I had to get up again very early to go to the eye doctor. I've had a left blurry eye. I thought it was cataract but it seems it is probably dry eye. The Sjogrens is making my eyes so dry. 

I was given so different tear drops and information about some different drops. These drops create a film so the tears I do make do not evaporate. 

I'm still thinking about the new drops. 

Until tomorrow...

QUICK VISIT TO RA DOCTOR

This morning I had my RA doctor appointment. She seemed happy that I am doing well. 

She said I should take the new covid vaccine as soon as I can. 

That is about all. It took me longer to get there and back than I was in her office. I like it like this. 

Until tomorrow...

FIRST DAY BACK AT WORK

This was the first day back to work after the trip. There were lots of emails and phone calls. 

I don't know about you but I hate the first day back from a holiday or vacation. Everybody thinks their stuff is the most important. 

Until tomorrow...

DAY AFTER MY FAMILY TRIP

Today was unpacking, laundry, food delivery, and picking up the bird from the boarding place. 

I took the dog to the park to run around. 

Until tomorrow...

DAY 8 FAMILY TRIP

We all woke up early to either leave, pack, or clean up. I helped to clean up and then was one of the last to leave. I didn't have a flight until 4 pm so I had time to kill. 

I got to the airport a couple of hours ahead of time. I did stop at a couple of places on the way to the airport to take photos. 

I found a place to sit and eat where there were very few people. I watched a few episodes of Emily in Paris while I waited. I downloaded more episodes so I could watch them on the airplane. 

I had a safe and uneventful trip back home. My dog showed up a few hours later, back from the dog sitter. 

Until tomorrow...

DAY 7 FAMILY TRIP

Today we went horseback riding. It was a trail ride where all the horses go the same way along a path. It was fun. Only a few of us did it. 

I also went shopping for presents and such. 

Then in the evening, it was "clear out the fridge" dinner. There was cooking and grilling happening. Some of us ate outside. 

Then we all went out separate ways to pack for home. 

Until tomorrow...

DAY 6 FAMILY TRIP

First, off I slept a little later than usual because I was very tired after my experience of going to urgent care a day before. I also wanted to mention that the urgent care had multiple covid diagnoses while I was there. I asked the doctor and he says that 80% of what they're getting right now is covid cases. 

I think after sleeping and relaxing I feel a little bit better. But I'm still coughing and my chest still hurts a little bit. So today I decided to take it easy and not go hiking. Instead I drove out to a lake called Turquoise Lake. It was an incredibly beautiful forest, lake, and drive. I took a number of photos. 

I had a wonderful time by myself exploring and taking the time that I wanted to take photos and relax. 

When I returned a few of my relatives and I went into Breckenridge to have some drinks and listen to live music. 

I can't believe tomorrow's the last day of our family trip.

Until tomorrow...

DAY 5 FAMILY TRIP

We got up early this morning to go ziplining. I was very excited because I missed going ziplining lining when I was in Hawaii because I broke my foot. So now was my big chance to try it out. Well, it was a fantastic experience. For those who have never done it, ziplining is like flying through the air while feeling safe. At least at this place, I felt very safe because I was extremely belted in. 

Some of the ziplines were two people at the same time and some were just by yourself. It was fun to go flying through the air with a family member next to you. This company had six ziplines. You started out small and the last one was a very fast very high ride. We rode through forests and over creeks. Personally, I cannot wait to do it again. 

After ziplining was when the trouble began. Well, I'm exaggerating because really the trouble started the day before when I fell in the river. By the evening after I fell in the river, I started not feeling great. If you remember I not only fell in the river but I inhaled some of the water. 

So after ziplining I went in the hot tub. When I got out of the hot tub that's when I started to feel much worse. I hurt in the middle of my chest and my voice was very craggly. Since it was still in the middle of the afternoon I called my doctor's office and told them what was going on. The doctors response was all in capital letters: go to urgent care now! 

There was a small complication in that I didn't want to upset everyone because that evening was a special anniversary dinner. So I got my brother to drive me to urgent care. The people at urgent Care took care of me did a EKG and an x-ray to make sure there was nothing around my heart such as water. There was not. But the doctor said I aspirated water which you may not know, is very dangerous. People have died from dry drowning.

The doctor decided because I am immunocompromised/suppressed, that he would put me on antibiotics and an inhaler. The doctor called the prescription into the local supermarket but the pharmacy closed in a couple of hours. I was not able to make the dinner because I had to get over to get my prescription and that took a while. My nice brother arranged all of the transportation going from the urgent Care to the pharmacy and back to the house. Once at the house I climbed into bed after taking the medication. 

So another new fun experience.

Until tomorrow...

DAY 4 FAMILY TRIP

Today was a fun-filled, exhilarating day. Some of us went river rafting. There were 10 that went. It was down a increasingly harder river. We were all in wetsuits with life jackets. 

Here's the fun part: I fell in early on in the trip when we hit a rock and I went overboard. Luckily my nephew pulled me back into the boat as they instructed. I was wet but I got back to rowing. I inhaled some water so we need to keep an eye on it. 

I am not the only one who noticed it but the river seemed to want me back in the water. Almost every time the raft got a really splash, it went on me. Then towards the end, we hit another rock and I almost went overboard again. This time the people on the raft grabbed me and pulled me back in to safety. 

No one else fell in but we all got wet. At one point it started thundering and lightening and I think our guide was nervous. We were nervous! We all lived through the experience and had a blast. 

I got in my car and put the heat on full blast when we finished rafting. I was so cold. When I came home I changed into my bathing suit and went in the hot tub to warm up.

That was the whole day. I haven't seen the photos they took at one of the biggest rapids. It should be fun to see. I see me in minds-eye but usually the reality is quite different. 

Until tomorrow...

DAY 3 FAMILY VACATION

My brother, his husband and I got up early to go for a hike. It ended at a spectacular waterfall. The hike had high elevations and I was the slowest hiker. There were lots of rocks, tree roots and boulders. I didn't want a repeat of last year when I fell.  It was a great hike with good company.

Then I went in the hot tub with my dad. This seems to be our ritual. Not many people have gone in the hot tub. 

After a bit of a wait, we went to the family photo shoot. The photographer was very patient with us. 

Now it is time to get a rest. Tomorrow is a big action day. 

Until tomorrow...