Clearing

Ever heard of NAET?  It's an innovative treatment system for allergies that is completely natural, painless, and non-invasive.  I took the newest antibiotic there this morning and have been "cleared" to use it now, without those pesky side effects.  Looking forward to getting better quickly.

NAET

Not My Friend

Cephalexin is not my friend.  Granted I have nearly every allergy known to mankind, but it gave me blisters inside my mouth, on the soft tissue inside my lower lip.  I finally realized in the middle of Sunday night that it was getting worse and thus probably not sores related to the breathing tube.  My doctor's office prescribed a different antibiotic which I think is OK - so far - at least no more blistering is appearing.  Fleeting moments of air thru my nose give comfort but a nasal wash right now would be so awesome!!

Chairs are for naps

Chairs are for naps . . . not for all night.  Having had three nights in a recliner, I'm the expert.  Sinuses are opening up.  Feels like the dissolvable packing is doing what it's supposed to.  My pesky allergies are in the way again.  I'll have to switch to an antibiotic that I'm not allergic to.  All in all, I'm doing pretty good.  I don't know - I'm being very well cared for.  Maybe I should prolong this recovery!

Where's the Truck?

Someone must have put me in the middle of a street where I was hit by a truck!  Oy!  What a headache!  What a nose!  What a pain to breathe thru a mouth with a throat that's sore from a tube jammed down it during surgery.  Let me think . . . why did I do this?  

Surgery was two hours - then almost two hours for recovery.  I'm told it was image-guided surgery from the CT scan taken of my head and sinuses earlier this month.  Dr. Gardner told Bill it went very well - the nurses tell me I'll like Dr. Gardner a lot better in a week or two!

I felt like I had a hard time coming out of the meds.  The joy juice doctor knew I have an extreme reaction to pain meds, so he gave me some anti-nausea medicine which I think has me feeling out of it. I don't plan to take anything except Tylenol and the prescription antibiotics - with copious use of ice packs.

This is my second surgery of my adult life - the first being for a bunion in 2004.  I'm planning on this being my last - no more!!

I feel like this, OK??

Sinus Surgery - Yuk!

July 5 - that's the date.  It's been put off a few weeks so I could get past several summer visitors, but it's here and I can no longer avoid it!  I've had a sinus infection for at least a year, ever since oral surgery to remove a molar that had broken.  Complicated roots necessitated a lot of drilling, and over the ensuing months the symptoms got worse and worse.  So tomorrow we are doing something about it.  I'm not excited, of course, but can hopefully get through the first couple of weeks of healing without too much loss of sleep!! 

My Girls Have Gone

My girls are on their way back to California and I miss them already.  They were real troopers this year.  We battled temps of 110-113, but we held fast to our shopping and eating out routine.  Let me say that you do miss automobile air conditioning when it goes out in this kind of heat!   

Claire and Grace at Iceberg Drive Inn

Summer Craziness

What do we usually do in the crazy heat of summer?!?  Run around shopping, eating and playing in our sizzlin' St. George heat, pretending it doesn't exist, getting in and out of surface-of-the-sun too-hot-to-touch cars enjoying special time with Shannon and grand girls Grace and Claire.  By now it's become a tradition since they only have summer time to spend with the Old Folks in Utah! 

And a fun tradition that happens each year they visit is a trip to the theater at Tuacahn.  You might think that's a smart way to get out of the heat.  Not!  It's an outdoor theater!!  But no worries, it's only 102 by the time the show starts - and around 90 when the show's over at midnight.  These sturdy Auburn, Californias are almost as accustomed to the St. George Sun as we are!  Anything is worth a show at Tuacahn, right?

The heat of the sun DOES addle one's brain on occasion.  Grammy forgot the camera for this annual event and had to use a totally unacceptable cell phone camera!  Getting old has its advantages, but not when getting ready for the theater.  These actors with Grace and Claire are the mother and father in the show "Mary Poppins" and the little boy is Michael (Grant Westcott) their son.  He must have had lines in every scene of the play and performed them flawlessly - a tremendous actor.  What a future he'll have.  And Mindy Smoot Robbins as Mary (think Julie Andrews) couldn't be more polished - loved the flying-through-the-air-over-the-theater-audience, Mary!

From a local news article:  There are a number of curious and clever moments that intrigue, such as flying the kites, sliding down the rock side, the toys coming to life in the nursery.  When Bert walks up the side of the stage, hangs upside down across the top and then strides down again, it's impressive. There are horses and a stagecoach and a fluffy, talking puppy puppet. A giant tent rises straight out of the ground and foliage just bursts onto the trees. The special effects in this show are quite fun.

Sorry for the poor quality of this phone photo of Claire, Mindy and Grace.  What beautiful ladies, huh???!?  I'm sure all of them have their grandmothers' genes!!!

This actress, Heidi Anderson, is always up for an incredible performance.  She played Ursula, the Sea Witch, in Little Mermaid a couple years ago.  Wow!  We had a chat with her about how hot it must be to wear those heavy costumes and still dance and sing in the Tuacahn venue.  She's an extremely accomplished actress, having performed off Broadway in Phantom of the Opera, among others.

This theater experience was shared with friend Jill who endured the sweaty experience with us and held up very well.  It must have been a challenge to this recent transplant from Portland, Oregon!  We'll all be nursing our heat strokes today!  Wait . . . there's more shopping ahead!