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15 years 9 months ago #17985 by Patricia
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an alligator lopper?? Is that for lopping off alligator heads?...whats going on in Iowa?..........
Glad you're back and damage is minimal..at least for you Pat

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15 years 9 months ago #17983 by Stephany
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And now he's down to ONE TUBE! He had the other tubes (Foley cath and stent cath) taken out last Tuesday. They left the nephrostomy tube in, just in case, but it's not attached to anything ???

Anyway, with the flooding going on, he's not going to get it out next week. The university complex is surrounded by water....only one way in, and the road through Cedar Rapids is being used only for emergencies, and there's pretty much everything surrounded by water in Iowa City. All our favorite restaurants, from what we can see on the news, are full of water. The university is doing all the schedule changes they can to keep it simple, so we're not going back down until the 26th for the last tube removal, and that's fine with us. Does NOT sound pleasant right now down there.

We, however, are finally drying out. The river is down enough that our bridge to go south is open, and we once again can go to the grocery store without having to go out on the interstate. Several businesses had to close for a while, but I think the sandbags helped prevent damage. FEMA did a good job of clearing out the houses in the flood plain, so there isn't going to be a lot of loss of property with this flood, even though it was higher than the last one. The big joke is about how many 500 year floods a person can experience.

Doran is feeling much better, although the hernia repairs are giving him some discomfort. He keeps forgetting to take the pain meds, and then he has to catch up. It's a learning process.

Anyway, Robert came home for Father's Day weekend, and we gave Doran an alligator lopper, so he can do guy stuff in the woods (or Doran and Robert can do guy stuff).

I am going to try to find some time to plant herbs and flowers on the deck, now that things may be drying out. I can't believe how much rain we've had this year, but that's Iowa!

Stephany in Iowa

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15 years 9 months ago #17681 by harry s
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Wonderful news! Margot and Harry

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15 years 9 months ago #17679 by Julie
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How wonderful he is doing so well after this surgery. Sounds like your life has taken a great leap for the better. Unplug the phone tonight so no one can disturb you. Julie

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15 years 9 months ago #17678 by Gene Beane
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Things are going so well, DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE!!!! Ginger

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15 years 9 months ago #17677 by Stephany
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Hello, all! I just had to find time to report to you all on the surgery, and I think I have a few minutes right now, when things are "quiet" ;)

Doran is doing MUCH better after this surgery. I have no idea why. He had seven hours of surgery, and more pain after surgery (because they didn't do an epidural), but he's back home, and even went to the office the day after he got home, to take care of an emergency that his partner didn't feel comfortable handling.

He's walking, eating, sleeping, and not complaining! And he's draining his own pouches, watching TV, even talking on the phone, getting his haircut, etc. We had the distinct pleasure of hearing our son perform at a brunch on Friday morning, playing PDQ Bach's "Only Piece Ever Written for Violin and Tuba" What a hoot!

Anyway, I gotta tell you, this was not expected, and very much welcomed. Thanks for all your support. He has only three tubes left....one from the pouch, one from the reconstructed ureter, coming out the pouch, and the nephrostomy tube.

On Tuesday, he'll have the pouch tubes taken out, and we'll see how it goes. If it all goes well, if you take my meaning, he'll have the nephrostomy tube out the following Tuesday, and he'll be tube-free for the first time since November.

I finally finished up all the "busy season stuff" on Friday afternoon, and went to bed Friday night giving thanks for all the people who helped us get through the dental work, the doctor visits, colonoscopy, etc etc etc.

Going to celebrate tomorrow by sleeping in. The phone just cannot ring, right?

Stephany in Iowa

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