Visiting with our kids, Cardiology appointment for Ken, Home

Bryan went to say good bye to his grandma (Ken's mom)
I love this picture 💖

😁 Monday, July 31st we left home and headed over the hill to drop off the box of things that were left here during Russell's birthday party. First though we stopped in Lincoln to see Bryan and Cheryl to see how the packing was coming. I hate moving and certainly don't envy them. 

 Adam and Erin were there too along with Renette. Cheryl's sister Kim stopped by for a short visit. It's been years since we saw her so that was a nice added surprise! 

Adam holding Daisy, Ken, Me, Cheryl, Bryan, Erin, Kim and Raider💙

Erin, Adam, Ken, Cheryl, Bryan, Kim and Renette 💙

California traffic and an accident made us about an hour 
late! AHHHHHHHHH!!!

Diane was visiting too 😁

They invited us for dinner so we visited and had a great dinner of tri tip, a delicious corn salad that Erin made and hot links. 

We left there and headed for Russell and Lori's home where we spent the night. Aaron is in Cabo for his graduation trip with friends. Poor kid😂  We had an enjoyable visit with them as always. 

Tuesday morning I made Russell and egg mc muffin and we visited before he had to leave for work. We got ourselves ready and headed out. Stopped at Edelweiss for a wonderful breakfast in Auburn. 

We crossed the canyon and hit highway 50 to the Sly Park exit and took Immigrant Trail to Highway 88. Ken had borrowed a star wrench from our friend KC so we returned it to his trailer that is parked up there for the summer. Beautiful drive! 

Silver Lake, CA.  We used to camp there all the time when
our kids were young 

Caples Lake 

By the time we got to Gardnerville our breakfast had worn off so we stopped at Sharkey's for linner. Then we headed home. 

Wednesday morning it was again time to head out. This time to Carson City and Ken's cardiologist appointment. 

He noticed a few months ago that he was getting more winded than he should be, he had a lung doctor appointment and he ordered an echocardiogram. There have been some negative changes since last year, so he said to try and move the appointment up that was scheduled for later in the month of August. The 2nd was the soonest he get. 

We met the new PA Jennifer McCord, as it looks like Ken's dr will be retiring. We immediately liked her. She explained some things and did an EKG in the office which showed he was in AFIB (irregular heartbeat). She's scheduled some tests and a heart monitor. She changed his bp med and added Eliquis for the AFIB and Lasix for swelling. We feel very confident that she will take good care of him!  

She gave us the ok to head for Arkansas with some cautions for him. 

We headed to Gardnerville to pick up his new meds. About got the shock of our lives when they had filled the Eliquis prescription of over $500 for a month after our insurance paid! Luckily she gave us samples for the first month and hopefully we can get it cheaper through another program. 

While there we again had linner, but at CVI this time. About the only place I can get a turkey burger 😁 Then home we came!

Thursday and Friday were days at home which is always nice. 😊

Movers were scheduled for Bryan and Cheryl today, haven't heard yet how that went. Sunday we'll go over and get the truck and we'll have company for a few days before leaving for Arkansas😊😊

Have a great evening! Happy hour coming up!