Hello from Bethesda, Maryland
Finally I am going to update our blog...thanks to George for reminding me!
We left Linesville on 17 July and headed to Joan and Tom's camp about 25 miles from Karthaus on
Keating Mountain. We stopped and saw Joan's son Adam and Reese and left our car with them while we were at camp. We saw several deer and a couple elk. Joan and Tom mowed the grass for several hours while Joan's Tom hog brushed. A hog brush is a rotary mower that is pulled by a tractor and can mow dense brush. I stayed at the cabin and made sure dinner was cooking properly!! Yes, I did have the better job...but I did volunteer to do mowing. It was really a hot day too. We ate dinner and took a ride in the car as had air conditioner... When we came home, we played some games before we went to bed. We got up early the next day and went back up the mountain and picked up our car at Adam and Carrie's and got to see Alexis and Reese again before headed to State College. We did stop in Karthaus and saw Aunt Liz and Vicki and Aunt Ethel, Diane and Vonnie and Maryann's friend Janet.
Wow...was it ever nice to be at Roseanne and Jeff's and have air conditioning. The Shomo family were at the beach so we had the house. Tom had fallen while onloading the carrier on the Lexus on 2 July and had punctured the skin in 3 areas when he fell on the stepstool he was using. He went to the ER under duress after the fall and they stopped the bleeding and took xray which showed that no broken bones. The leg continued to swell but he decided HE did not need to be seen as the leg grew larger and redder. (Thank goodness Maryann does not have a medical backround to be able to tell that he needed to be seen....hmmm) Sunday afternoon, Tom decided that his leg that he had injured on 2 July was not doing as good as he thought as was swollen nearly twice the size and his foot was swollen. When they surgically opened the area, it was full of several clots of blood. They gave him IV medication and oral antibiotics to take and cut into the leg and removed several large blood clots.
The next day, Tom did spend most of the day resting. I went to lunch with 10 friends that I had graduated from highschool with in 1966. It was really nice catching up. AND of course spending time with my friend Janet is always great.
We spent time with Joan and her Tom and Roseanne's mother and father-in-law having a fun evening and afternoon playing cards and dice. We also all went out to lunch together. We always have so much fun and so many laughs when we are together. We are certainly blessed to be able to spend time with them too.
It was really difficult to leave Joan and her Tom on Friday morning. We are so blessed to be able to spend such good days with Joan and her Tom. They say "laughing is the best medicine"...so we get lots of medicine when we are all together.
We stoppped in Lancaster on our way here. We were going to stop and see our Aunt Annie but she had plans for the day. We did do some shopping at the Old Mill store in Lancaster..always find something we NEED. We were able to spent time with Peggy as Larry was at work. We gave our hugs and left Peggy. Just as we were going to get on the interstate, Larry called and said he was heading home from work and so we turnned around and went back to their home. As always it was good to visit with them both.
Tom and I arrived at the Navy Gateway Inn about 8 PM. I had not been in Besthesda since 1969 and could not believe how had grown. We are just staying down the street from Walter Reed Army Medical Center. As we stay here we remember and honor all the soldiers that are just up the street being treated for wounds for their sacrifices for our country and their families. God Bless our men and women in uniform...past, present and future...and thank you for our freedom.
Tom woke up this morning and the area on his leg had opened up and we could not get the bleeding to stop so went up the street to Walter Reed Hospital to get checked out. They checked him out and found that he was getting blood clots again so put some "wicking" material in the wound along with Mediplex with silver foam that helps kill bacteria. They also gave him more antibiotics. It seemed that they gave us anything we would need to do wound care. We saw them take care of other vets and their wives with such care and seemed that they left with what they needed to take care of their medical issues......no need to stop at CVS to pick up supplies!! Thank you Walter Reed Staff for taking care of on of this veteran!!
Today was to be a day of rest so worked out great so Tom could rest his leg. We did find a neat Cafe in Bethesda where we had a late lunch before going to Saturday Mass this day.
I did not get this finished last evening so will finish now.
We are at Ft. Bragg this evening. Found a unique BBQ place for lunch. Tomorrow we will go to Savannah for the night. Tom's leg seems to be draining nicely today.
So until our next post...we will keep you in our prayers and thank you for keeping us in your prayers for safe travels.
Love and hugs,
Tom and Maryann
~~Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not~~
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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