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Robin's Roost - rest your feathers!
April finds the March azaleas fading, but other things are blooming like mad. The showers have managed to wash away some of the pollen, and we are now heading into a week of temperatures that are unseasonably high! If nothing else, the weather likes to keep us guessing!
The March I got was certainly not the March I had planned! I was working like crazy on my younger sister's quilt so I could finish it before they passed through town the end of March. I was putting in LONG days at the sewing machine because we had a camping trip in the middle of the month and as soon as we returned my dog was scheduled for surgery that would require a LOT of post-surgery care. But I started showing signs of sickness. Oddly enough, it started with a swollen gland on the front of my neck - swollen large enough it was visible in the mirror, and it hurt to turn my head. I was also feeling fatigue and had a sore throat. I got in to see my doctor's nurse and she felt it was viral, and I should wait it out, but just in case she ordered an ultrasound of the gland to rule out lymphoma and a chest x-ray to rule out pneumonia. My poor Ray had been through lymphoma with his deceased wife, so he was freaking out. The ultrasound just showed a swollen gland, but the x-ray showed a pulmonary nodule. A CT scan was ordered and Ray freaked out more because his deceased wife had also developed lung cancer. I was not worried; I figured I was just dealing with the usual spring infections. As it turned out, the pulmonary nodule was first seen in 2019, it is stable, and not a cause for concern. Ray was celebratory, but I was still sick, and I was now dealing with terrible sinus pressure and a persistent fever. The nurse finally called in a z-pack, which helped the fever, but did nothing else. We had to cancel the camping trip and spent the better part of two weeks in the recliners. Eventually it took 3 rounds of different antibiotics, 3 doctor visits, an entire box of Mucinex DM, an entire bottle of Robitussin, and a nearly-herniated abdomen from the coughing, but FINALLY the signs of sinus infection and bronchitis began to ease.
Unfortunately it did not ease before Tiny's surgery on the 20th! Bending over to deal with him with a sinus infection was NOT fun!! It was a rough recovery for him, but he had his 1st recheck today and he is doing well. He is still on restricted movement, which he doesn't think is necessary anymore. He is walking on his back leg again and doing really well. My sister and her husband arrived on the 27th and I was able to give her the quilt, she was very excited and has now sent me photos of it on her bed. My friend Don came down from Atlanta for Springtime Tallahassee and we managed to walk all around the festival. I needed a nap afterwards, but it was nice to get out of the house after a month of being sick in the recliner.
We had the pleasure of seeing Little Shop of Horrors at Theater Tallahassee. It was great fun! If you have never seen the stage play, it is a very different experience than the movie and very entertaining! We have seen a number of shows at Theater Tallahassee over the past year and most of them have been quite good. We also bought season tickets to the FSU Theater season and those shows have been excellent! I appreciate the opportunities this city affords for symphony, ballet, chorus, and theater experiences. There is something magical about sharing the experience with a group of strangers.
My dog's surgery was done at Capital Veterinary Specialists, a clinic I had never been to before. Apparently they are well known and the first day we were there for his evaluation and the orientation to the surgery and recovery, there were people there from as far away as Atlanta and Panama City who had been told to come here by their local vets! They only do the surgery on Tuesday and Thursday, and they were booked several weeks out! It was major surgery, they actually reshaped his leg bones, screwed in a metal plate, and put his kneecap back where it belongs. For the first week post-surgery he was very unhappy, not surprisingly, it was a rough time for all of us. But he is recovering really well now. It will be another 10-12 weeks for complete recovery, but as far as he is concerned, he is ready to run NOW.
I have been missing some of the extra activities we used to enjoy - mini-golfing at the Fun Station, a day at the Escape Room, walking some of the beautiful trails in the area, visiting local museums, etc. What activities have you missed? I would love to get some additional things on the calendar, what would you like to do? The Art in the Park Festival is coming up later in April, shall we set up a meeting spot and walk around together? Shall we do a road trip down to the Gulf Specimen Aquarium in Panacea? How about some of the concerts and dances Goodwood hosts, any interest in going as a group? We also need to pick out locations for upcoming dinners as April is the last month we have a location selected. Where shall we go in May and June and through the summer?
Looking forward to seeing all y'all at Midtown Caboose this month. I really hated missing the dinner in March and I am so touched and grateful to those of you who reached out to check on me, it meant a lot to me. I got woefully behind on my email while I was sick, so please accept my apologies if I didn't respond yet, I'm still playing catch up!
Robin
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