I did get a second opinion on my knee replacement and it appears that the reason it is taking so long to heal and that it has been so painful the first 5 months was because the knee scope and the total knee replacement were done only 5 weeks apart. The surgeon I saw for a second opinion says he won't do 2 surgeries on the same knee in a year let alone 5 weeks apart. He said I have severely traumatized tissue and it may or may not get any better than it is at this point. I choose to believe that with prayer, continued PT and good supplements I can greatly increase my odds of getting this a lot better.
Issabella doing color guard
We had a lovely weekend with our eldest son, Dave, and family in Pittsburgh. The foliage was beautiful on the drive there. Friday evening we went to the football game and watched the band perform. What a great band.
Izzy is featured above doing her thing. What a terrific band they have and the color guard just recently won in competition. We're very proud at how hard Izzy works at this. Our grandson, Garrett, featured in the collage above just loves scouts and is doing an excellent job.Their dog, Friday, had a nice visit with Nicky.
Next we went to visit our youngest son, Brandon, who lives in West Chester, PA. The town of West Chester is located outside of Philadelphia and is loaded with history. Just a lovely town to walk through. We had lunch at a lovely restaurant in town and then walked over to the hospital that Brandon works at. The bikes you see in the pictures are hybrid bikes. They had a battery pack on the back. Really neat but very pricey.
Lincoln's first published work was written in the building in the lower left corner.
The two collages above are scenes from West Chester.
Lee has been busy with many projects here. He just finished building a portico for my brother. It is beautiful.
The portico
Lee has also continued to work on what I call his man-cave in the lower half of the barn. Jim Tull will appreciate these pictures because he saw the barn before Lee started this project. What this truly is for those of you who have not been able to figure it out is a root cellar for storage of fruits and vegetables and a room to hold canned goods which will maintain a certain temperature.
Storage area outside root cellar
For those of you who have been here we also re-landscaped the entry way.
You've seen our two grandsons, Keenan and Troy, on the blog playing soccer. Keenan now plays soccer for Geneva College in PA. Troy's high school team were district champs last year and just missed it this year in a double overtime game. The winner was determined by penalty kicks. What a good game it was and two very equally matched teams. It sure was cold though.
The game was played at the Hershey stadium see the roller coaster in the background.
Troy being introduced.
The Saturday before Halloween we were hit with a one day snow blizzard. Two days before I was out in the yard in short sleeves and then bang it hit. It was 4-10 inches in this area but melted so quick. It was a beautiful sight on the mountain the next day. I've never before experienced fall foliage and snow covered trees at the same time.
Just prior to the snow storm this had been the view from our sun-room and I remember thinking, look at the heat coming off the pond, it's going to be really cold soon and about 4 days later we got the snow storm pictured above.
We are very much looking forward to seeing all our family friends again. Won't be long now!!!
