A bit of a holdup.

Hey there, Rod here.

Sorry we haven't put anything up on the blog in a while, but I've been somewhat waylaid.
Last Tuesday my right knee started getting a little sore. By Tuesday evening I literally couldn't bend it at all. It swelled up like I was trying to smuggle a grapefruit under my kneecap. On Thursday I finally relented and went to see a doctor.

He prescribed a horrendously powerful antibiotic, and some Vicaden (sp?) for the pain and swelling. The antibiotic started to work almost immediately, but I had a violent reaction to the Vicaden. I almost ended up at the hospital over the reaction. Fortunately, because of my acid reflux, I knew what was happening, so I just rode the reaction out. I called the doctor and he said stop taking the Vicaden and switch to a huge daily dose of Ibuprofen, which doesn't seem to bother me.

It's now a week later and I'm happy to report that it appears that the antibiotics seem to have done the trick. The doctor wants me to see an Orthopedic surgeon on the 16th. We'll see what happens between now and then. The insurance company wasn't too happy with the idea of me seeing the surgeon, but my doctor pointed out to them that I'm unable to drive (when I first saw him). It's a quandry! If I see him and he wants to mess around, it could delay our departure, but if I don't see him and my knee flairs up again, the insurance company won't touch it. Hmmmm.........?

Anyhow, we're starting to plan our trip home. We're gonna take our time coming home. We're gonna do a week in Corpus Christi (right on the Gulf), and then a week in San Marcos (near San Antonio). We wanna spend some time in the San Antonio, Austin area. We have friends down her in a georgous park, so we're gonna do a week at Sunset Point RV resort on lake LBJ. Then we're going to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area for a week. That takes us to the 29th of March and we'll finally be leaving Texas. From Texas, we wanna stop at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. It's the only open pit diamond mine in North America and what you find there you keep. 1/3 of all the diamond retrieved there have been by visitors. It should be cool. Then over to Hot Springs, Arkansas for a few days. Onward to Branson, Missouri for a week to check it out. And then home from there with a 2 day stop in Indianapolis. We're heading for Green Acre RV park in Waterloo for the summer.

We have no idea what we're doing next winter yet. It's gonna be either Florida, Arizona, or back to Texas, but we'll have all summer to figure it out.

Anyhow, Mary just got up, so I'm outta here. I've got tea to make! Later guys!