no ill effects. Dr. Braun, Robert's oncologist, called
yesterday to tell Robert he, the doctor, had neglected to
tell him he should get a lab test before Robert took the next
batch of pills. Dr. Braun wants to check his blood to
determine the dose is correct. Consequently, we'll go to the
VA hospital tomorrow afternoon.
This past week Connie and I met at the Butterfly Pavilion.
Neither of us had been there in some time. It has expanded
the insect area and the water creature/plants area. There
were many, many butterflies and there is an outdoor
butterfly garden which will be fun to visit in the spring
and/or summer. We spent most of an hour there and then went
to a nearby shopping area for lunch. A couple of buildings
were empty, but we found a Mexican place where we ate. The
food was adequate, but not great. Wilted, rusty lettuce was
a real turn off. But the enchilada was OK and the stuffed
pepper was yummy.
Yesterday the wind was blowing fiercely and gusting mightily
when word came there was a fire in the lower canyon. The
road was closed and the fire crews were working on it. I am
not sure how many responded, but there were more than just
our Fourmile Fire Dept. It apparently was caused by the
wind blowing a tree against the power lines and starting a
fire. Fortunately, it was contained very promptly although
it seemed like a long time. After our fire in 2010 I'm
really nervous about wind and fire. Jeanne called, having
read my Facebook post about the fire to see how I was doing
and what was happening. I said I was fine and she
responded, yeah, Fucked-up, Insecure, Nervous, Emotional,
that's FINE. I agreed that sounded about right. I love
that definition because it seems to fit the FINE of the last
year.
Ezequiel came to collect the money we owe him for building
the rock wall in back of the barn. I let him in and said
I'd call Robert. He went and sat down, painfully. He never
sits down so I said, "You're hurt. Where do you hurt?" He
admitted that he had twisted his knee and it did hurt.
After a few more questions from Robert and me, I called
Olaf, a neighbor and Physical Therapist. Olaf showed up
shortly thereafter and examined the knee. Fortunately, it
seems if Ezequiel takes care of it and takes at least three
days off, he'll eventually recover, but he'll have to be
careful for quite some time and it may take as long as six
weeks before he is free of pain and then only if he follows
Olaf's instructions. So Ezequiel left with his knee wrapped
and directions for icing his knee and a picture of a knee
brace he should buy and use and a small bottle of Ibuprofen
to fight the inflammation and the pain. Ezequiel was
impressed. He said, "I told him how I hurt it and where and
he put his finger right on the pain and knew what it was."
Ezequiel promised to take three days off. He's working up
the road from us. This is a great neighborhood. I know the
people he is working for will wait as long as it takes and
Olaf was so good about taking care of Ezequiel and wouldn't
let Ezequiel pay him...just laughed and said, no, no, no.
