Well I have lots of little stuff to report and catch you all up on our movements over the week.
We had a great time at the July 1st Canada Day event at the Mckay-Wright's. (shown) That night we met a friend of our friend Jerry McNamara, from Sydney. Karen and her boyfriend Chris were up for a conference and came to dinner on Sunday. It was big fun and nice to be able to host someone in our home again. Monday Joyce went back to work and I took a total break. Tuesday and Wednesday I did a bunch of unpacking and errands. Thursday we travelled back to Brisbane to see the doc on Friday.
Sian and Callum came up with Gene and the truck last Friday and went back with us on Thursday. It was a great but quiet trip back. We had a nice dinner with Bev at the local and then on Friday did the inspection of our old unit and then got intrgram at the clinic and saw Doc Schoozenbootz.
He told us I was doing fabulous. he hadn't seen me inthe past two weeks due to his time off and he thought my hair growth was the best for this time in tranplant process. He didn't give me the reuslts of the DNA test but will later when he gets them off the other computer system. I'll get a blood test on Thursdays and he will talk to me Fridays but I won't go back to him for 4 weeks! We though it was going to be fortnightly but he's gone straight to monthly! he is a little concerned that my kidneys have started performing poorly and has dropped my cyclosorin a little bit. this is the immune system supression drug. I'm now at 5/8ths of what I was on when I came out of the hospital and will over time go to zero (I hope). Anyway this should improve kidney performance and that produces more IPO or EPO which in turn triggers more red blood cell production and that's the last cells that a tranplantee starts to grow themselves.
Anyway the next week bodes well for a commercial bath for Chilli, more truck driving for me, unpacking the last of the boxes and a big big sweep out of stuff. Both Joyce and I have come back with a plan to clear out "stuff" from our life. We have too much stuff and are anxious to reduce beforw we move to a new house.
Our plans are for me to take this time of inforced non work to drive forward the house. I'm doing research on solar electrical systems, solar hot water, energy efficient stoves, funky louver walls, selling solar electrical back to the grid, recyled water systems etc. We get our plans from the steel homes company shortly then take them to the local draughtsman to add windows etc. then on to council for approval.
more later
Chris
2 comments:
The sweaters and jackets intially seem odd to me, even though I know it is winter there. We're in our fine Northwest summer. I'm sitting here in shorts and t on Sunday morning and the day will get into the 70's F. Sounds like you are doing well and isn't it nice to have boring old life to deal with like getting rid of clutter? We are talking about the same. Lauren is home with us for a few weeks before going to Germany for a year on her Fulbright Teaching Assistantship. Going to have a small party this afternoon for her. First social thing at our house since Seth's passing...
Take care. Oh...we've been doing NIA..it's a dance kind of thing that is fun and mildly aerobic, plus it gets you "out of your mind" subtly. I like dancing and not feeling silly and spastic.
by the way, July 7 was June and Joy's birthday.
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