Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
My turn....
You know, this aging stinks.....I awoke in a wee hour of Monday morning with the realization that my chest hurt. Very different from anything else....When Luke awoke a couple of hours later, he insisted that we go to the ER. I was admitted pretty darn quickly and given the full complement of cardiac testing over the next 48 hours, as the initial blood work showed enzimes related to heart issues, plus my EKG's changed a bit over the first few hours.
The doctors finally declared that all of the tests show no damage to the heart, no clots are lurking in dark corners, and there is no narrowing/hardening of the arteries that would require a stint, etc. The most likely suspect of the heart discomfort was a spasm in the coronary artery. A spasm would cause the artery to close temporarily, creating a loss of blood to the heart, as would clot, etc. To prevent that from happening again --- and to treat my slowly rising blood pressure -- I was put on a medication that will relax the arteries.
The good doctor has also assured me that I can go back to living a normal life (as it goes for us!), including our sailing.
So, all is well that ends well, and we're both relieved. I'm home and relaxing for a few days (or as long I get Luke to do all of the chores and cook).
The doctors finally declared that all of the tests show no damage to the heart, no clots are lurking in dark corners, and there is no narrowing/hardening of the arteries that would require a stint, etc. The most likely suspect of the heart discomfort was a spasm in the coronary artery. A spasm would cause the artery to close temporarily, creating a loss of blood to the heart, as would clot, etc. To prevent that from happening again --- and to treat my slowly rising blood pressure -- I was put on a medication that will relax the arteries.
The good doctor has also assured me that I can go back to living a normal life (as it goes for us!), including our sailing.
So, all is well that ends well, and we're both relieved. I'm home and relaxing for a few days (or as long I get Luke to do all of the chores and cook).
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Seeing daughters Nikki & Heather
It's great to be home and see my daughters Nikki and Heather again. I had a special Mother's Day week/weekend.
Nikki, my Roanoke daughter, came over on Tuesday evening, bringing fresh asparagus, spinach noodles, home made beer, and other goodies - like a tote bag she made for me! It was a good dinner and time spent with her. Here's my crab bag - the front is in 4 sections: the top is the wire of the crab cage, one side is crabs, the middle the sea, and the other side is an assortment of crab impliments (cooking pot, hammer, beer, etc).
We had a wonderful weekend visiting with my older daughter Heather, near Raleigh,NC. Flowers from her for Mother's Day.
On Saturday night Luke, Heather, and I went to one of the local bull riding rings in eastern NC. Heather is an offical photographer (http://www.2dogsphoto.com/). It was great fun - Heather arranged for Luke to get "behind the scenes" and watch the bulls being "prepared" and the riders loaded onto the bulls....aaaggghh!!!!
Nikki, my Roanoke daughter, came over on Tuesday evening, bringing fresh asparagus, spinach noodles, home made beer, and other goodies - like a tote bag she made for me! It was a good dinner and time spent with her. Here's my crab bag - the front is in 4 sections: the top is the wire of the crab cage, one side is crabs, the middle the sea, and the other side is an assortment of crab impliments (cooking pot, hammer, beer, etc).
The back is the newspaper that you use on the table for crab cracking.
We had a wonderful weekend visiting with my older daughter Heather, near Raleigh,NC. Flowers from her for Mother's Day.
That would be Luke - the one with the Bahamas baseball cap instead of the cowboy hat
There won't be any pictures of Luke riding the bulls....
Smoke is MOST glad that we're home!
Next, a visit to Charlotte to visit my dad.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Home!!!
Ahhhh...we're home. We hate to leave the boat - it's a sad feeling, hating to leave our little waterfront property, but boy, when we get home, we love it!
To catch up -
I missed this picture of the Deep Creek Lock, as we transited for our final run to Deltaville. The dockmaster has the gentlest of dogs, U-Turn. U-Turn does love cats, so says Robert, "cooked anyway"... There was no aggression, but he and Smoke were definitely interested in each other as the boat slowly lowered in the canal lock.
A mere 6 miles from the lock and we were again the Norfolk. If these are warships, this must be Norfolk! In both of the next pictures, note the floating barrier -- presumably to avoid an SS Cole scenario. We were also paced, at our sedate 7 kts, by an inflatable guard boat, inside the barrier.
We plan to stay in Roanoke at least 2 months, seeing family and friends. I won't be keeping the blog up on as regular a basis, but will try to do something at least once a week.
It's been a wonderful winter, full of boating friends and beautiful places. We are truly lucky to be able to do this and have enjoyed every (almost!) minute!
To catch up -
I missed this picture of the Deep Creek Lock, as we transited for our final run to Deltaville. The dockmaster has the gentlest of dogs, U-Turn. U-Turn does love cats, so says Robert, "cooked anyway"... There was no aggression, but he and Smoke were definitely interested in each other as the boat slowly lowered in the canal lock.
A mere 6 miles from the lock and we were again the Norfolk. If these are warships, this must be Norfolk! In both of the next pictures, note the floating barrier -- presumably to avoid an SS Cole scenario. We were also paced, at our sedate 7 kts, by an inflatable guard boat, inside the barrier.
The extent of the "stealth" design to minimize usable radar reflections is interesting.
From Norfolk, out into the Chesapeake! Sure enough, here is the familiar deadrise crab boat, complete with a seagull in hot pursuit!
Two days to get off of the boat, a 5.5 hr drive, and here we are, back in our green and purple mountain surroundings. We love it here.
We plan to stay in Roanoke at least 2 months, seeing family and friends. I won't be keeping the blog up on as regular a basis, but will try to do something at least once a week.
It's been a wonderful winter, full of boating friends and beautiful places. We are truly lucky to be able to do this and have enjoyed every (almost!) minute!
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