We celebrated Melanie's birthday last Sunday evening - the day before her actual birthday.
Tuesday, the day after her actual birthday, she and several church friends went to see "Sing" at the theater with a visit to Coldstone afterwards. Elise and I didn't go to the movie but we definitely got the ice cream!
This week was the beginning of all the medical visits we need before submitting papers for our mission. I saw the dentist on Monday and the doctor on Tuesday. One of the issues I wanted to bring up with the doctor was my knee which, although it doesn't hurt any more, is still swollen. This is two months after the urgent care incident and continuing physical therapy exercises. So, I finally got an X-ray and an orthopedic consult. The X-ray showed a small amount of arthritis but no other abnormalities so I guess I will know more after this coming week.
I also saw a urologist on Thursday. This was in follow-up regarding my bladder pain - possible interstitial cystitis - blood in my urine from the fall. I had a CT scan in late December and, on Thursday, I had a cystoscopy which, along with the CT, confirmed that I have a bladder stone! A rather large one. Way back in 1999, when I had my hysterectomy, the doctor took a little stitch in my bladder to help with too-many-babies leakage. Well, just like the stone in the oyster eventually creates a pearl, this little stitch attracted calcium and, over the succeeding eighteen years, a lovely bladder stone was formed. I will have an out-patient procedure to have the stitch removed and the stone pulverized by laser. My secret hope is that this stone is causing the irritation of my bladder lining and, once it is gone, I can return to eating acidic foods - including CHOCOLATE!!!
Steve and I are not "binge watchers" of anything but I suppose you could say we were this week on Sherlock. We are now just awaiting the final episode of the current season. Boy, it has been an emotional roller coaster with that one! We also watched "Gattica" and "Les Miserables". All this because, since Friday, we have been home bound due to the "ice storm" that was supposed to wreak havoc upon Columbia. Schools, government, buses, and tons of other services shut down on Friday but, no freezing rain fell. I cancelled a single adult eagle watch activity and an MMCO performance on Saturday due to the forecast but again, no freezing rain fell. We were to travel to St. Louis today for Larkin's baby blessing but cancelled that based upon the forecast Saturday evening and, yet again, no freezing rain fell overnight. We thought surely our church meetings would be cancelled but there was no need. They were cut back to just one hour because not enough people came to man the Primary and other second and third hour meetings. Now, there were areas in Missouri that got hammered by freezing rain. St. Louis was one of them. But, when the temperatures rise a bit, the rain then helps melt the ice so Emily's ward DID have meetings today and they blessed Larkin without Grandpa Steve and Uncle Steven. Sigh. But, by the time we all realized we COULD have gone, it was too late. Steven has been literally camping out at the television station and he was in no shape to drive. SO, we made it through the great ice storm of 2017 that never happened. Missouri weather is really crazy. Temperatures reached 70 degrees on Wednesday! I worked out in the yard that day. Then the weekend. And, we are expecting warm weather again this coming week.
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