I had a meeting with Hannah at Frasier Meadows. I had received
an invitation to join there Health Club and decided to take them
up on their invitation. Hannah showed me around the gym and the
pool. The pool is kept at 100 F. They had much more equipment
than I would ever use, and the equipment I felt I would be
comfortable using. The notable thing was that there was only one
person in the pool and looking at the sign up sheet the pool is
rarely used. There was no one in the rest of the gym. I had
hoped I would meet interesting people there, but apparently not.
At 5:30 PM we met Lisa, Viki and Ellery at the newly opened
Gondolier. They have been closed for most of a year while they
looked for a new place to open. They are now at the shopping
center on Baseline Rd and 47th St. Robert ordered meat lasagna
and I ordered Linguine & clams & mussels; the other three ordered
vegetable lasagna. All dinners were excellent. It is nice to
have the Gondolier open again
Tuesday, January 14
Robert and I met Susan Wayland at the Olive Garden on 88th Ave.
Susan lives in Denver so we meet from time to time at places that
are half way between her house and ours. Robert was disappointed
in the lasagna, but having eaten the Gondolier's lasagna the
night before, I wasn't surprised.
Wednesday, January 15
This morning Viki arrived at 6:00 AM to drive us to the VA
hospital in Denver. Robert was due in the Infusion Clinic at
7:30 and had to check in at "Specialty 2" at 7:15. We were there
by 7:00. The traffic is quite different at 6 then at 7 or 8.
Everything went smoothly and we were ready to leave by 2 PM.
Connie arrived at about 1 PM. to drive us home. Robert felt OK
as we left, but half way home he started vomiting. Connie,
always prepared had a canvas waste bag at her feet and got it to
Robert in the nick of time. He was pretty miserable all the way
home, but did not have any more vomiting. He went to bed as
soon as we got home and slept until morning.
Thursday, January 16
We were not due at the Clinic today until 11 AM. I dropped
Robert at the front door; he assured me he was well enough to
make it through the rigmarole and get to the clinic.
I drove to the top level, level 7, of the parking garage, but no
space was available. I left the parking garage and drove around
the block; no spaces available there, too. I drove a bit further
and found a place to park. As I got out of the car a gentleman
walked by with his dog. I asked him if there was any street near
by where I could park for more than 2 hours. He thought a
moment and then said there were none that he could think of,
maybe over by the VA Hospital. I said that was were I had just
come from and found no place to park there, either. He then
said, "Hey, I just live in the next block, see the red car
is in the drive and the truck on the street? That is my place
and you're welcome to park on the left side of my driveway." I
said that would be great and offered him a ride there, but he
just laughed and pointed out that he was walking his dog. I then
drove on and parked in Ed Clark's driveway. He caught up with me
and we talked for several minutes when I finally said that I had
to leave because my husband was in the hospital and I don't want
him to worry about me.
It turned out I was 3/4 of a mile from the hospital, but it was a
nice day for a walk and I was happy for that. Robert did call me
but for some reason I didn't hear the phone. That is hard to
believe because it makes such a ruckus. I was just entering the
hospital when my phone rang and I had voice mail. It was from
Robert. Since I was just entering the hospital and would be with
him in a few minutes I didn't call him back. The whole staff was
obviously concerned because I was welcomed with a shout, "Here's
Mrs. Lawrence!" I quickly explained the reason for my tardiness
and they were then very understanding.
Robert was through with his infusion about 1:30 PM and we were
home before 3 PM.
Friday, January 17
Another infusion day, but we were not due there until 11:30 AM
and when we arrived we did find a place to park in the parking
garage. I called Ed to thank him again for the parking spot and
that we had found a place in the parking garage so I wouldn't
need his driveway today. Perhaps in 4 weeks I would again need a
spot. I'd call him when/if I did indeed need a place to park.
The infusion went well and we were home by 2:30PM.
Saturday, January 18
Robert is tired today, but otherwise seems to feel alright.
The weather is gorgeous. The temperature was in the high 50s and
it was mostly sunny.
Sunday, January 19
Robert did not sleep well and was up at 4 AM gagging, but not
actually vomiting. He took a nausea pill and went back to
sleep, but didn't really sleep well.
This is the first day that Robert has to have a medicine injected.
Neither of us was anxious to do this. Robert said he would do
it, but I would have to help. He thought, because I had injected
myself several months ago that I would know all about it. The
problem was that I had injected myself, but I had used a pre-filled
syringe. We got through it, but tomorrow I'll fill the syringe,
because of his damaged right hand it is very hard for him to do
that part.
Again, the day is beautiful. The sun is out and it is 63F
outside. I found a cocoon attached to the light pole next to the
driveway. It's small so I am assuming it's a moth of some kind.
I'd like to be out when it comes out, but I shall probably miss
that.
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