Nancy's Therapy

Yesterday we went to the doctor for Nancy's follow up visit. He told us that the rotato cuff tear was pretty bad and he had to put 3 anchor screws in her joint and add some kind of stuff to keep her shoulder ball joint and socket from rubbing together. He also told her she would need at least 2 months of therapy,so I guess we will be staying here for a while. After seeing the doctor she had an hour of therapy,so last night her shoulder hurt a little more since she had to move it around. It will all be worth it if she has no more pain after the healing.
We went to the new Cracker Barrel Restaurant. I was dissapointed because I get the breakfast order of Uncle Herchel. They didn't have it on the menu. So I order something else in the breakfast line. When our food came out we didn't get it prepared the way we ordered it. The eggs were not fried enough and neither was the meat plus the meat had about a spoonful of grease on top of it. Needless to say I did talk to the manager and told him this was the first time visiting a Cracker Barrel that I complained about the food. I guess the cook needs a bit more training.

Nice Day

We didn't go to church yesterday. Nancy didn't want to take a chance of someone bumping into her sore shoulder.
I walked around the park at noon yesterday,then we had lunch. After that Iwent to the pool for a swim,which is my exercise. The sun was hot and the cool water of the pool felt good. I came home took a shower and headed for WalMart for a few things we had to have. After dinner it was time for another walk around the park. Nancy decided she would try to make it around with me,she said she thought she could make it. After we were half way round she had to stop and sit on a bench for a while. She says "I'm weaker than I thought I was". She did make it around though.
These small flowers are growing in weeds that have died out because of the lack of water. It is still dry in the area and with most of the people gone the flowers have not been watered.

Not the case of the lily pad blooms. They have plenty of water. It looks nice looking out over the water and seeing all the blooms on the pads.

Here is moma feeding her young chicks. They may grow to be adult or not. Depending on how hungry the alligators get. We have a few large and a few small gators in the lake.

Recovering

Yesterday Nancy was still feeling the effect of the operation,so she just sat around trying to get comfortable,which she couldn't do. I had a little walk around the park,then went down to the pool for a little exercise swimming. Then I grilled some pork steaks that with a baked potato and a salad was enough for us.
Nancy did sleep better last night and is feeling some what better this morning. I will have to take all the tape that is on her shoulder and put a clean dressing on for the day. She says she may try walk in the park today. I don't know about that we will have to wait and see. The doctor told her to not over do it,but knowing her she wants to bounce back right quick.

No News Yesterday

Sorry about not putting anything on yesterday. We got up early because Nancy had the surgery on her shoulder and we didn't get back until late afternoon. She is doing almost fine her shoulder is hurting but as time goes by it will get better and not be a constant pain as before. She didn't sleep very well last night but thats to be expected I guess. She takes her pain medicine and also has to have an ice pack on the shoulder. Oh well when we start to aging the parts start wearing out. Not much will happening today,just taking care of Nancy. I fixed breakfast so next is some house cleaning and then planning

What Can I Say

Yep,what can I say. Yesterday was a repeat of the day before,with one exception. We did not go to WalMart. How is that possible to not go to WalMart for a day? We spent a little longer down at the pool. As our tan begins to darken we can stand it a little longer. We walked around in the park looking at the park models for sale. We stopped in to visit a couple of friends that had bought one of the park models. They already had own one but wanted more room,so now they are selling that one. Thats the way a lot of them in the park do is buy and sell and move. Being a 55+ park there are those that die and their children sell the houses. When ever someone buys one of these they clean them out and take the stuff down to the "mall". The place where you put things that you don't want that someone else might be able to use. Like lamps,small tables,fans,which makes it a nice deal.
Today will be a laundromat day,so that will take up some time.

Pool Day

Yesterday day was just a lazy hot day so we went down to the pool for a couple of hours. There were some more people down there with the same idea as we had. Nothing else to do accept to lazy around the pool. Its a hard life but someone has to do it. You work hard all your life and if you're lucky you get a few years to enjoy your retirement. After the pool we came home,had dinner then it was off to WalMart for a few things. This may not sound exciting but it is what we do. Often times you just feel like sitting around and enjoying doing nothing much at all. We still got our 4 miles + of walking so it wasn't all sitting around.
Today is another sunny day with the temp in the 80's so we will be going down the the pool again.

Operation Scheduled

Well finally Nancy found the problem to her shoulder pain. She has a torn rotater cuff. She will be having it operated on Friday. After this she will have a month of therapy and 4-6 months healing,then everything should be fine.
She also got a good report from the other doctor,her triglycerides went way down.
We were tied up most of the day,we did walk a little over 4 miles for the day. On our walk around the park we spoke to several people some of which are leaving to go back north today. It looks like we will be staying a month longer then we thought. No big deal on that part since we have very loose plans and any thing that comes up we can handle it.
Another nice day in the 80's with a bunch of sunshine.

More Doctor Appointments

Yesterday as all days was nice and pleasant. We went to church and hear a good sermon by Pastor Guy,then the singing was really good. After church we went out to dinner with our friends Dick and Jane and their Sunday School Class. We had dinner at Barnhills which have a good buffet. After we got back home we sat around for a while then we took the garbage to the dump and a walk around the park.
Today Nancy has to see the Orthepaedic Doctor to see if he can find anything about her MRI that shows what is wrong with her shoulder and arm. Then both of us have an appointment with our regular doctor for a check up and writing our perscriptions for our medicines while on the road.

Nice big bloom on a small bush in the park.

Days Gone By

Sometimes the subject in the photo just looks better in a black and white.

Civil War Reenactment

Yesterday was a nice day and we did something different. We went to J B Starkey Park and saw our first Civil War Reenactment. This was the battle of the Anclote River Raid. We have been wanting to see one of these for years.

They had their different camps set up with all the things of that time period. This weekend not only did the act out the war but live it as though they were back in the 1800's

We enjoyed seeing the chairs and all the old stuff from the days back then.

The actors and their families had the fire going with their meal cooking.

Heres an old buckboard from back in that time.

Even had an old covered wagon. I call this one of the fulltiming rigs.

The ladies had on the long dresses,bonnets and their parasols for shade from the sun.

Then it was time for the battle between the Conferate and the Union soldier. The Cnferate was coming thru the woods .

They met the advance troop of the Union and the battle was on.

The cannon on the hill fires on the Union Soldiers.

The riders on horseback come on the scene. I watched the horses thinking that the loud cannon firing would "spook"them but they acted like they didn't here the noise which was very loud. I guess maybe they are use to it. The battle lasted longer than I thought it would. It was a hot but very interesting afternoon.

Lot of Critters

After Nancy had an MRI of her shoulder we went down to John Chestnut Park to walk.

We took the trail that is 3 miles first. We sa this large Red Headed Wood Pecker on the ground looking for insects.

Of course we always see the lizards running all over the place. I bought some critter food to give to the squirrels and birds.

Even so some Dragon Flies today. This is the first photo I have taken of a Dragon Fly.

Here is a small Red Headed Wood Pecker that came down on the railing for some seeds. Where the large ones are 18" long the small ones are about 6" long. They look the same the difference is size and the large ones have a nice crown on their heads.

After the long trail we started out the shorter trail and saw a Roseate Spoonbill. This is twice we have seen these down here.

We got half way around the boardwalk and then we saw this snake and that was the finish of the trail for us. We don't like to fool with snakes so we doubled back and that was the trail walking for the day. We have encountered a few snakes in our walking in the woods,but we continue to walk out in them. It is so much fun the watch the wildlife.

We are going to try and get out to J B Starkey Park to watch the Civil War Re-enactment today.

Slowing down to a crawl

Thats the way it is,no much of anything going on. Well anyway here goes.
Yesterday we were moving slow with no plans and nothing to do. I did manage to climb up on the roof of the motorhome and give it a good scrubbing,then after lunch we again went shopping big time at WalMart. Then in the evening it was walk time and garbage time.
Nancy had another restless night with her shoulder hurting her. She is going to have an MRI on the shoulder today and hopefully they can find and do something to get rid of the pain.
The park is getting quite empty with another group of people leaving tomorrow we will just about be here alone with just a few of the people that stay year round.