Barry & Joyce's Adventures

February 22, 2020

The healing process after the pacemaker surgery is going well. I still have some soreness but that is diminishing more each day. I have a followup with the surgeon today and we’re hoping that he will give us the permission to do our cruise on Sunday.

Yesterday our friends Dave and Jan Sasse came up for a visit. We made a drive up to Orange Park and had a great lunch at Sam’s Seafood St. John. The food there is all fresh and delicious.

After lunch we drove by our new house. The drywall is up and our superintendent says that we may be closing by the end of March. That’s good news.

So, on Thursday I had a followup with Dr. El Sabbah who did my pacemaker surgery. The good news he is happy with the way the wound is healing. The bad news is that my blood pressure was high. It seams that when Dr. Kaveti prescribed Micardis/HCT she never told me to stop taking Losartan. When I was in the hospital they stopped the Micardis but never told me not to start taking it again when I was released. Wait, there’s more. Since I was taking the two blood pressure meds the doctor is concerned about an elevated potassium level. So I had get another blood test that will not get to the doctor until Monday or Tuesday.

With all of this going on we decided to cancel our cruise that is leaving tomorrow. Normally we would loose all our money since we didn’t buy the cruise insurance. Joyce called Royal Caribbean and Celebrity and they offered to move our cruise to one on May 2nd. The new cruise is eleven days instead twelve but Celebrity upgraded us to a better cabin, gave us drink packages and internet for both of us. And they are sending us a $250 refund to boot. We think the only reason for Celebrity doing all of this is because of our Diamond Plus status with Royal Caribbean.

2 March 2020

We got word from our mortgage company the other day that we are going to close on the new house on March 30th. We’re pretty excited!

We went by the house on Thursday and they had the forms up for the sidewalk and driveway cement pour. We think they will have the cabinets installed and a lot of the other stuff done this week.

Meanwhile we have been looking at refrigerators, televisions and other stuff. On Saturday we ordered bedroom furniture from Costco. We ordered enough the we got their $500 off the price. We also bought a 32” TV that will go in one of the spare bedrooms.

We also have made an appointment to have our cable TV and internet installed by AT&T which is why we bought the small TV. AT&T needs it to check the cable installation.

On the 26th we went down to Palm Coast to visit Dave and Jan Sasse. They are in their last month here in Florida so we’re trying to get together as much as possible before they return home to Minnesota in April.

March 3, 2020

Yesterday we made a trip to the Sears Outlet store in Jacksonville to look at refrigerators. I wasn’t too optimistic finding anything that would fit our needs but what the heck, ya never know.

Joyce doesn’t like stainless steel and did not want ice and water in the door. She also want’s a counter depth model so that the unit doesn’t stick out in the room too much. After looking around we did not see anything that would fit the bill but then Nancy, the saleslady came over and told to to come look at her “purdy one”.

We followed her over to one that had just come in on Monday, an LG Model LRFVC2406S that was of course stainless steel with water and ice in the door, exactly what Joyce didn’t want. But, it is counter depth and the price was right. So, after hashing over all the pro’s and con’s we bought it. Regular price was $3600 and we paid $1800, a 60% savings. There are a couple of dents on the sides that won’t be noticeable after it is installed.

March 6, 2020

Good Morning from Southern Pines, North Carolina.

We got up early yesterday morning, leaving Lynch’s Landing RV Park at 0730 and headed over to I-95. Traffic was fairy light going up through Jacksonville so we made good to Savannah, Georgia. There we ran into rain that lasted all the way to Southern Pines. The rain was very heavy in places causing a lot of slow-down’s. We also ran into a couple of accidents, one of which was very bad. The drive should have taken us around seven hours but given the driving conditions it took us nine hours.

Travis and Victoria are growing up like weeds. Travis very active and is carrying on complete conversations. Victoria loves to chase a ball and laughs a lot. We hope to get back up that way in June.

Show me your tounge and belly. LOL!

March 10, 2020

After saying goodby to Justin, Adrian and the kids we left Southern Pines around 10 AM.

Since we both had doctor appointments in Jacksonville on Monday, we decided to spend Sunday night in Brunswick, GA.. It was nice to only have a 5-hour drive so we arrived at the Best Western Plus around 4 PM.

On Tuesday morning I met Dr. Angel, my new pulmonologist. We went over my medications and checked my CPAP settings. He seems to think all is good for now.

Joyce met with her doctor at the VA and all is good. She was really happy with Joyce’s blood sugar numbers.

This beautiful young lady is now 14!