November 28 Monday 2011 Burnaby BC

I am busy settling in the RV. Still can't find the sewer hose so I think I will buy another one. Bill is doing much better now that he has been moved into another bigger room. They took him back to the Royal Columbian hospital where they operated. He met the doctor who operated ( a good looking female). They took the staples out and fitted him with a boot and in the process they lost his shoe. Sherri and the twins came to visit then they came back to the rv where Gerry came over and set up my cable. We went swimming after.

REMEMBER-Happiness keeps you sweet

November 24 Friday 2011 Burnaby

Finally some good news to report. Bill had his jaw and throat checked and he does not have throat cancer. He just had a very bad infection. Our 5th wheel is in the burnaby rv park thanks to Hudson and Dina. Now for setting it up. All you women out there pay attention to how to set up and where thing are as I never paid attention so didn't know where all the hook up where etc. We still can not find the sewer hose????I go every day to see Bill and give him an ultra sound treatment on his break. ( a randomized clinical trail research study). I am getting more comfortable driving the car. Bill is expected to be in the hospital for another 3 weeks. He has to be able to do stairs.

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Bill and Madison in Burnaby hospital

November 21 Monday 2011 Surrey

I hate that my blog turned into a health blog. Today I cancel all reservations in Indio and Desert Pools. They will not refund our money for the 3 months but we get a year to use it up so hopefully next year. As of tonight we are not any wiser about the jaw or the leg. I will go tomorrow in the day time maybe someone can tell me something then. As you will see in the picture he is looking better and feeling better. WE still have not tracked his glasses and the night splint (lost in transfer) . Dr Chiu doesn't believe in the splints so he is not wearing them

REMEMBER-Difficulties make you strong

November 15,16 Surrey 2011

I will not be posting every day from now on as things are becoming boring. I picked up a rental car today-Chevy Impala weather turning miserable. I booked a spot at the Burnaby rv Park. Bill got transferred out of his private room and now has no phone. Our little episode goes to show one do not wait to do your traveling. We have been lucky and have done a lot and hopefully we can do more.

REMEMBER-Talk slowly but think quickly

November 13 Sunday 2011 Surrey

I drive myself to visit Bill . They get him up and standing on one foot for awhile. He has to sit in the wheelchair for 45 min. Sherri and the twins come too. He is eating more solid food and his blood sugars are getting better Slow but sure

REMEMBER-why let doubt drag you down when you can let hope lift you up.

November 12 Saturday 2011 Surrey

I take a big breath and get into the car to drive to visit Bill by myself. Remember I haven't driven over a bridge since we go the truck with dulies. Sherri's car is much smaller and I drive with ease with some pillows under me. Now where are the windshield wipers? Found them. Luckily it is Saturday so not too much traffic. Bill looks much better and is even eating solid food. I get slowed down with A traffic accident on the way back. Even all the construction on the freeway wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be .

REMEMBER-to make room in your heart for a dream.

November 11 Friday Remembrance day 2011 Surrey BC

10am Gerry ,Carter and Madison take me to see Bill on their way to see their great grandpa for remembrance day. 1:15 they are back to take me back to Sherri's when a nurse comes in and says you are going to the operating room. HURRAY They let us follow them to the room. I phone at 7pm and he is not in his room yet. Sherri Gerry Carter and Madison are going to Gerry's sisters wedding. They are staying for 2 nights in a hotel in downtown Vancouver so I have the house to myself. They also leave me a car. I phone again at 9pm. He still is not down but the nurse said he is doing fine it is just that his sugar counts are too high and they want to monitor him there yet. She also said he had a spinal so he didn't feel a thing. Will phone again at 11pm he is back in his room. Thank God

REMEMBER-It's not what you gather but what you scatter.

November 10 Thursday 2011 Surrey BC

Sherri takes me around South Vancouver looking at RV parks but nothing compares to the Burnaby Cariboo park. The others are out in the toolies. We drop the kids at pre-school. I phone the hospital a few times nothing scheduled. Sherri drives me there around 4pm. He is looking somewhat better. He has a private room. They say he has a fracture in the tibia (larger bone in lower leg) A surgical repair with an intramuscular ( IM) nail ( metal rod down the middle of the bone. Hopefully the surgery will be Friday. They want him to participate in an ultra sound treatment for tibial fractures 20 minutes a day. You don't know if you are getting a placebo. I think he will do it as he will have a lot time on his hands. We do not leave him until after 10pm. We can do that with a private room

REMEMBER-positive thinking makes positive things happen.

3hr 40 min flight from Scottsdale to Vancouver

view of the Grand Canyon

Continued -The ambulance to take us to our private jet air ambulance came right on time. It only took 3hrs and 40 minutes to fly from Scottsdale to Vancouver. 2 nurses accompanied us. What a beautiful flight a clear sunny day. We got a great view of the Grand Canyon. Bill was snug in the Royal Columbian in New Westminster hospital by 6:30. Dr Gruneau came to see him and hoped to operate tomorrow morning ( Thursday) so no food after midnight. Sherri, Gerry,Carter and Madison came to the hospital. Madison was sleeping but Carter was awake was he ever surprised to see grandpa in bed with a huge bandage on his leg. I settle in at Sherri's.

REMEMBER-success doesn't depend where you start, it depends on you.

November 9 Wednesday 2011 Mesa

8am still haven't heard anything. 10 am get the call we should be leaving in 3 hours.

November 8 Tuesday 2011 Mesa

What a day . We are told we will be leaving on a medical jet for Vancouver to get his leg operated on as soon as they can get a bed. I get the trailer ready to shut down . Edith comes over and helps me clean out the fridge and other perishables. I pull in the slide and pack for home -some medicine, some clothes computer .We are allowed 2 carry on's. I tell the rv park someone will come to take our 5^th wheel and truck back to Vancouver . Our travel insurance should take care of this although I haven't heard any thing yet. I phone Dr Farrell to say we will not make our appointment Thursday as Bill broke his leg. His jaw pain has subsided and he does have the 2 splints. I also phone OATS and cancel our Route Maya trip in February. Edith takes me to the hospital to find out when we leave get a call not until tomorrow morning. I sleep in Bills room they have a bed chesterfield. They have very good wifi reseption.

REMEMBER-Imagining the life of your dreams is the first step towards living it.

November 7 Monday 2011 Mesa

We spend a very restless night. He crawls out of bed and collapses on the kitchen floor. That is it I have had it I call the ambulance they take him and me to Banner Gateway Medical center. They look after him royally. Give him morphine for his pain even the pain in his jaw has subsided. I finally leave via a cab around 5pm.

REMEMBER-mistakes and disappointment are behind you, success ahead

November 6 Sunday 2011 Mesa

Bill is still hurting and spends most of the day in bed. He has a shower but gets sick at his stomach there goes the smoothies . I go for a walk again. Bill can't wait until 8am Monday for his next doctors appointment. He is even going to let me drive. Sure will be glad when all this is over. He get up to get a drink of water and falls down. A big bump above his ankle.

REMEMBER-positive thinking is never a waist of time

November 5 Saturday 2011 Mesa

After the rain,wind,and thunderstorm last night I couldn't watch the tv as it knocked off the satalite. Bill got up in a daze took his pills and insulin and went back to bed. I read for awhile then go for a walk. I find a market across the street from the park that is even cheaper than the 99c store. (fruit and veg only). Sherri calls while I was gone. I call her back and we skype with the twins. Bill get up to get the tv working then goes back to bed. Shannon emails to say quest are on board for 3 weeks and wishes Bill well.

REMEMBER-Let your dreams grow and your doubts shrink.

Mesa Regal rv park

November 4 Friday 2011 Mesa

WE are to meet Paul and Edith at the swap meet in Apache Junction. Bills pain comes on with a vengeance. He lays down in the back of the truck refusing me to take him home. We do a quick tour but find nothing with our name on it. Bill is ok to drive back to the park but goes right to bed after calling Dr Farrell for an appointment Monday (8am)I go to the office to get another week in the park and cancel our date with Peg and Gerry in Tucson. Weather is to change the next while 20 degrees cooler.

REMEMBER-words that soak into your ear are whispered not yelled.

November 3 Thursday 2011 Mesa

We drive into Scottsdale and Bill gets his new splints one for daytime and one for night. We go back again next Thursday. We stop at the 99c only store and lo and behold if they are not playing Xmas carols in the store. Paul and Edith come over so I can tell them about OATS, And our Intercoastal waterways trip. We take them out for dinner. We go to Talyor Rays right around the corner -good home type cooked meals.

REMEMBER-dreams are possibilities just waiting to be brought to life

November 2 Wednesday 2011 Mesa Arizona

Today we phone our Washington friends Paul and Edith Fendel and get a surprise they are in their Apache Junction home not very far from where we are staying. We get invited for lunch and have a good visit. Bill is improving more and more.

REMEMBER- hope is an endless seashore awaiting your footprints

November 1 Tuesday 2011 Mesa

Bill is back to the land of the living. Hurray! Today we work at getting the air conditioner in the truck fixed. It us 4 hours and $600 latter. This is one expensive month. Both Sherri and Shannon phone to check on Bill. Tomorrow is a free day. Weather still hot (90)

REMEMBER-have some fun it is the best stress buster around

aren't they the cutest?