For Older People with Sense

Barbe, I imagine our Big Blizzard of 2/2014 seems very small to you and with temps in the minus 30 range I do understand.  What's a major disaster here wouldn't even sound like a skirmish to you!  Here, a snow like this only occurs about every 10 years.

But all is well and our power stayed on, although many are without it.  DH and I actually got out today in his 4-wheel drive and it was fine after we got out of our neighborhood.  It was so nice to get out of the house too.

Kathy

Sas, Thanks for letting us know.

Chevy, Sending healing thoughts.

11:am EST:Hello, update on Chevy. Surgery is still on at 2 pm. Sounds very good. She's thinking more in the direction of going to a rehab faciltity. It's a hairline fracture on the outer aspect of the hip, the ball joint is not affected. This is very good. It will make her recovery easier. The ball joint carries the weight.

She did get herself up and out of bed to use the bathroom by pushing a chair last night. The staff went into a tissy. They put a catheter in after that and explained about the call light.

Sends love to all. Told her she will reading for days. I'm supposed to call around 6 pm Colorado time. Okay someone tell me what time that is EST----8 pm? Sassy

oh so sorry to hear about Chevy. Glad it isn't worse. Ice is the worst!

happy I am out of the cold for a bit. Yesterday we went to beautiful garden. I'll try to post a pic later. Shopping for a nice outfit for my DS to wear tonight. Why are men such poor shoppers?

Men are bad shoppers because they either see the price tag, their watch, or only our naked bodies beneath the outfit. Either way, they really have no opinion!!

We walk quicker in the cold weather, but I don't use a hat, scarf and only gloves if I have to hold the steering wheel. That acclimatizes us pretty quick. If I had to stay out longer I guess I'd wear more, but I just bought a wool hat for the first time that pulls over my ears a couple of years ago and I see it on my coat closet shelf with the tags still on!!! The only advantage of being like this is we are wearing short sleeves at 60 degrees when the rest of you are bundling up!!! One year when we went to Greece at the beginning of March to be off-season (way better for photo ops!!! We were alone in the Temple of The Grand Masters on Rhodes!!), the locals were pointing and laughing at US while THEY were in leather coats and scarves...it was 70 degrees. Perfect weather and we were in t-shirts!

We really feel bad when we see non-or-new Canadians bundled up in say, like September, wondering what they'll be like by January!!! We don't even wear a coat in September and don't often zip up or button up our winter coats until December. Yesterday someone was in shorts (but with a coat on) while he was shoveling his drive - the sun WAS out, so it was warm. For us.

Hey folks valentining then sleeping, up now. Didn't write total details about conversations with Chevy, cuz of posting on multiple threads. Conversations were typically interupted as conversations in hospitals are---people coming and going, trying to cram lots into a short talk, diverging, laughing.

She didn't think to call for help. The staff didn't properly explain what to do. But thankfully she wasn't injured b/c of it. She doesn't have a PCA--pain machine with the button. We were laughing so much I didn't get to pain scale. The guy was coming with her med. Felt a bit bad I didn't do my normal preop teaching, but Chevy's no shrinking violet.

Her fracture---if one has to have a fx, hers is the best. it's not part of weight bearing. Huge difference for pain now and then for recovery. It's a hairline versus like broken glass. The broken glass type fx's can have trouble healing well b/c the matrix is so disrupted. The rod will give the fx the support it needs, should heal very nicely. Doc's going to have her up tomorrow

I'm watching the clock. I'm calling at 8pm EST. will post as soon as I have info. If she still under anesthesia drug influence , I'm sure DD will be at bedside. Will keep postop note short b/c I've put the posts on several threads. XOXO sassy

Going to C&P to her other two most active threads STFU and Older

Here's an orchid I saw at the gardens 

Mac: if you read this call me..We SO need to meet while you're here! I called, but missed you while you were shopping with the kids for tomorrow.. I'm up all night, as many can attest here ( right, Chrissy?)hahaha

  Happy Valentines, ladies. Hope everyone had a good time.

  3jays

3jays, I will not leave this area without seeing you! I'm just busy with the wedding and family, but tomorrow is our day!

We've been having a great time. Even tho we had a flat tire on the rental car. We were in a parking lot and traveling with a former marine has it's benefits. He put on the spare in about 20 minutes and we were back on our way. Now we are in our 2nd rental car.

Ginger, sorry for the restriction, it would drive me to drink, too.

Ginger god lord about your Mom. Falls just are the worst. Hope the back starts feeling better with the brace HUGS

hUGS TO ALL SASSY

Lisa, good luck with your computer.  Can relate to getting house ready and worrying about what to serve.  Take a slow, deep breath.  Now let it out nice and slow.  Repeat as necessary.  You'll do just fine.