At least that what a good friend told me. Said if I didn't update I would be hearing from people wondering why not........!!! LOL
John is out of the hospital and is suppose to sit around with his foot level or above his heart, like in a recliner. Sitting is not what he usually does. Unfortunately if he doesn't he gets swelling all the way up to his thigh. He has been tested and has no blood clots in his leg which was a big worry. None of his "cultures" have grown any weird little critters either, so that's good too.
He will be going to the wound clinic in our local hospital for the foreseeable future 3 times a week for wound cleaning and dressing. I am doing it the rest of the time, usually at least twice a day.
Today we had to go to one of the hospitals in Tucson for an arterial doppler test to check for clots in his arteries. I think they have done about all the tests known to man now, so about all that's left is healing which will probably take 6-8 weeks.
I raced Saturday night at John's insistence. He actually got out of the hospital about 4:30 Sat afternoon, but Larry and I left about 1pm, so we were already at the track. Linda picked John up brought him home and Lynn had said if John really wanted to come out he'd bring him. When I talked to John he decided not to come out. which was a smart decision I think.
It was NOT a good night. I finished 5th in the heat race and did not finish the main event. There was a wreck in front of me and I had no place to go when the car came out of the infield backwards up towards the outside wall of the track. I was already there, so it was a little bit messy.
Video of wreck
If you go down to the 1st video on Tim's facebook page he did a video of the wreck out the back of his car. I'm the little orange fendered, black hood way back behind the gaggle around Tim. I wasn't far enough back to avoid hitting the #57 unfortunately. That car is totaled, but I've heard they have stripped all the good stuff off it and will probably have a new one out there for our next race the end of April.
My car looked worse than it is, John said another fender and bumper and some of the metal braces under the hood will need to be straightened or replaced. This car has been badly wrecked twice, if he gets it fixed this time, I don't think it will survive another wreck. John says he will fix it 1st and then try to get the Cavalier ready for the end of April, that way if the Cavalier doesn't get finished, I'll still have the Neon as a backup. I'm not off to a very good start this season I hope my luck changes pretty quick.
We've got a problem with the donkeys and by the time we figured out what might be causing it quite a few were involved. This is the 1st year the donkeys have been getting groomed on a regular basis, like almost everyday. Suzanne and Linda P have been coming out for weeks to groom. Suzanne is now living out here, so Sandee had been coming out with Linda P. It started with Rambo losing patches of hair. Then it started one some of the others, now there is 8 of them with it, whatever "it" is. We think it is something that is being shared with the brushes, so a couple of days ago they started carrying a bucket with bleach water in it and the brushes go in there after each donkey is groomed. Not sure it's doing any good, Buddy presented with a bald spot today. Linda and Suzanne bathed 7 donkeys today which is a record, I think.........!!
We've never had a designated Facebook page for the rescue, but that is about to change. It's nice to have people around that are computer literate........!!! LOL Not sure when the big day is to have it operational, but I will post it on the blog, when the bugs are worked out.
John is out of the hospital and is suppose to sit around with his foot level or above his heart, like in a recliner. Sitting is not what he usually does. Unfortunately if he doesn't he gets swelling all the way up to his thigh. He has been tested and has no blood clots in his leg which was a big worry. None of his "cultures" have grown any weird little critters either, so that's good too.
He will be going to the wound clinic in our local hospital for the foreseeable future 3 times a week for wound cleaning and dressing. I am doing it the rest of the time, usually at least twice a day.
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| The white area around the edge is a gauze material used for packing wounds so they heal from the inside out. |
Today we had to go to one of the hospitals in Tucson for an arterial doppler test to check for clots in his arteries. I think they have done about all the tests known to man now, so about all that's left is healing which will probably take 6-8 weeks.
I raced Saturday night at John's insistence. He actually got out of the hospital about 4:30 Sat afternoon, but Larry and I left about 1pm, so we were already at the track. Linda picked John up brought him home and Lynn had said if John really wanted to come out he'd bring him. When I talked to John he decided not to come out. which was a smart decision I think.
It was NOT a good night. I finished 5th in the heat race and did not finish the main event. There was a wreck in front of me and I had no place to go when the car came out of the infield backwards up towards the outside wall of the track. I was already there, so it was a little bit messy.
Video of wreck
If you go down to the 1st video on Tim's facebook page he did a video of the wreck out the back of his car. I'm the little orange fendered, black hood way back behind the gaggle around Tim. I wasn't far enough back to avoid hitting the #57 unfortunately. That car is totaled, but I've heard they have stripped all the good stuff off it and will probably have a new one out there for our next race the end of April.
My car looked worse than it is, John said another fender and bumper and some of the metal braces under the hood will need to be straightened or replaced. This car has been badly wrecked twice, if he gets it fixed this time, I don't think it will survive another wreck. John says he will fix it 1st and then try to get the Cavalier ready for the end of April, that way if the Cavalier doesn't get finished, I'll still have the Neon as a backup. I'm not off to a very good start this season I hope my luck changes pretty quick.
We've got a problem with the donkeys and by the time we figured out what might be causing it quite a few were involved. This is the 1st year the donkeys have been getting groomed on a regular basis, like almost everyday. Suzanne and Linda P have been coming out for weeks to groom. Suzanne is now living out here, so Sandee had been coming out with Linda P. It started with Rambo losing patches of hair. Then it started one some of the others, now there is 8 of them with it, whatever "it" is. We think it is something that is being shared with the brushes, so a couple of days ago they started carrying a bucket with bleach water in it and the brushes go in there after each donkey is groomed. Not sure it's doing any good, Buddy presented with a bald spot today. Linda and Suzanne bathed 7 donkeys today which is a record, I think.........!!
We've never had a designated Facebook page for the rescue, but that is about to change. It's nice to have people around that are computer literate........!!! LOL Not sure when the big day is to have it operational, but I will post it on the blog, when the bugs are worked out.
Some more pictures from the Tombstone parade........
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| This is Quilla, he stepped on a rock or something and started limping real bad just as the parade started. So he didn't finish the parade. He was really difficult to pull out, he wanted to stay with the other donkeys. He's done quite a few parades here and in Colorado and loves the attention. |
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| This is one of our two Rosie the Riveters, with Linda our WWII nurse and Pepsi of course |
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| This is little Cheyenne, as the Red Baron from WWI, complete with leather helmet and goggles. Linda has a knack for finding weird stuff........LOL |
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| Lynn and Linda stopped in front of the judge's stand and portrayed the famous kiss in Time's Square at the end of WWII. As they say, "the crowd went wild".......!!! LOL |
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This statue is in Sarasota just south of us. A few weeks ago some one smeared red paint or something on the ladies legs to contest that the lady was being taken advantage of and receiving an unwanted kiss. It was sexual and unwanted attention.
It's amazing how low society has become, that people feel they have a right to deface "history". Ignorance is destructive and it's really sad that so many people in America feel they have a right to their opinion and the rest of us don't.
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