No, we haven’t fallen off the face of the Earth!! But it has been a crazy summer with Mike’s ruptured
disc and all the treatments that went along with that!! I will spare you the details but he has probably gotten as far as he can. His back is good now but he did have nerve damage in his right leg and his right foot. He continues to have something called “drop foot” that doesn’t bother him only sounds weird when walking!!
We haven’t been allowed to travel much so we’ve been pretty stationary at Escapees Park...Rainbow Plantation. If you have to be stationary it’s a good place to be.
We watched many beautiful sunsets from the pier in Fairhope Alabama. This pier overlooks Mobile Bay and is one of our favorite spots in the area.
We made a couple trips to Baton Rouge to visit our son. Nothing blog worthy just a nice visit with family. We stayed at the KOA which is not our favorite but happens to be the only decent park in the area. A little pricey but convenient!!
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| This is the hallway into the banquet buffet we dined in for Thanksgiving |
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| The outside of the restaurant overlooking the Mississippi River |
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| Just outside the restaurant |
The frightening part of fall happened when Mike’s blood pressure became quite high and for six weeks remained that way while the doctor was trying different medications to bring it down. Mike started to experience chest discomfort, heart palpitations and extreme fatigue. We were alarmed and once again saw the doctor who had an Echocardiogram performed and we discovered Mike has mitral valve prolapse. The doctor was concerned at how quickly this came about. In August the doctor heard nothing when listening to his heart and now moderate regurgitation. So another test was scheduled along with an EKG. This showed no blockages...thank God!! The final consensus was the prolonged high blood pressure had caused the mitral valve prolapse. The stress from the pain and aggravation of the ruptured disc probably caused the high blood pressure.
The Good News—-the blood pressure is stable and the extreme symptoms are subsiding. Mike still has heart palpitations but that can happen with mitral valve prolapse. Yes, this was frightening!! The heart is sorta vital for all of us!!!!
With that all said...we hope to be back in the saddle with our blogging!! Hopefully we’ll be moving more now!!
We hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving and are looking forward to a grand Christmas season!!!
