Surgery Update

Ed was back to see the doctor on Wed, June 3rd.  They took the big dress & brace off.  So we got to see the incision, very interesting.  Ed was also able to wash that hand off.  He said that felt so good to get it clean.  They then gave him a cast, this one stays on two weeks.  Then he goes back for another one for another two weeks.  When that second one comes off he with see PT for some therapy.

 There were 16 stitches in the L shaped incision & a total of 5 stitches in the other two incisions.

 

Summer Camp for Oldest Granddaughter.

We were asked if we could take our granddaughter Marissa to the camp she will be at all summer serving as  rangler (working with the horses).  We first picked her up at the airport in Grand Rapids last night. She had just spent nearly a month with her folks.  The camp is Spring Hill Camp & is north of here.  It is a very very nice big camp & the staff is super friendly too.  Here are some pictures of the camp, what I could get some you would have to get off the beaten path.  The trip back home was very interesting as the freeway was detoured.  So it was longer than going.  The total trip was 160 miles up & back.  The camp is near Evart, MI

 This is inside the big gym they have.  So is the climbing wall. 

The horses.

 Her cabin & her bed, she will have the bottom one & her 2nd cousin & best friend is having the upper.

 Her cabin is actually in the back half of this building. 

 That is her cabin in the back.  She is going to get a lot of walking in this summer.

 This we think (to the right) is the barn. But there are others that sort look like barns but this one had a pen around it. 

 Out side climbing wall.















This is the entrance we took as we left.  Too tiny to see but there were staff standing there by the flag pole greeting every one.  They were at other spots too to make sure the new people got where they needed to be.

Surgery

Here are some pictures of Ed before surgery yesterday.  I was too wiped out to remember to take some after it was over.  But here are some too of him today.

Getting Ready for Surgery Again

Tomorrow Ed is to have a major surgery on his right thumb & won't be able to use it for at least 8 weeks.  Well it has been almost unusable now.  So I sewed him some slacks with elastic at the waist so he doesn't have to deal with buttons or zippers during his recovery.  They do have zippers & a hook to make them look more normal. He can start using them that way when his thumb will allow him too.  I also put elastic in his shoes so they can just be pulled on.  Yes I could help him do these things but have learn over the years people like to do for them self as much as they can. Not sure what happened to the first picture of the slacks.  Guess all of the pictures are not so great but it gives you the general idea of the items. There are 4 pairs of slacks, two are the same color, one looks like jeans & one matches his suit coat.  Also should share I happened to have all this fabric in my stash of fabric. :)

Pot Holders

I have been making knitted dish clothes to sell (mainly at the Danish Festival here in Greenville).  But I have had people ask if they are pot holders.  So I decided to take two strains of yarn & make pot holders.  Now I hope they will sell.  I started knitting them on Dec 20th & now have over 50 made.

One More Plant :)

So in my other post about plants I was saying I wanted to get a plant we called Cat & kittens when I was a kid, but it cost $15.  I looked again on ebay & found it for a LOT less.  So I could not not buy it.  It came yesterday.  It was just bare roots, so I had to wait for the soil that I had in the garage to warm up before I could plant it.  I planted it just a bit ago.

This is how it looked when I took it out of the outer package.