It's been awhile since I've posted. Justin's situation is hard to write about, but I know there are people who want to know what's going on with Justin, my son. In truth, he is getting sicker and weaker. For awhile,he made great progress, talking, eating, and getting back into his power wheelchair. Then he started getting weaker. His left lung became covered with secretions, and he needed surgery to scrape things out. Then a CT scan revealed more new spine fractures (total of 7). After that, he just hasn't been able to get over the hump. This week, Justin decided to discontinue the weaning from the ventilator. He is on full breath support and can no longer use the voice valve to talk without dangerous oxygen drops. Pain medication has been significantly increased to help him deal with the pain. It's a tough thing for a 23-year-old to confront one's mortality. We will continue this journey with Justin to the end to the best of our abilities. We
I wish that I had something exciting to blog about.
I've been puttering about the house mostly. This week's big project was replacing a garbage disposal leaking from the bottom. From my research, a disposal is pretty much burnt toast when that happens. I watched some YouTube videos to see if it was a do-it-yourself and pretty much concluded that I would be calling a plumber on this one.
Then I watched a video by this young woman named Sarah that convinced me that I could do it myself. Honestly, she had the best video on this installation, although her language and enthusiasm might be a bit much for some. Lots of people must agree on the video's value because she has almost 700,000 views, despite only a couple of thousand subscribers.
Anyway, with Sarah's help, it was a very quick job and easy swap out. The broken disposal came out easily. The new one went into place with more difficulty, but no leaks so far. I'm not very handy, but YouTube is an amazing resource and a confidence builder.
I also swapped out my shower pump in the Scamp, which stopped working after 19 years.
Old Shurflow Pump
I couldn't find an exact replacement, but I found something that worked for about $40 on Amazon.
I rarely use the shower, but I do take sponge baths with a bucket of water. It's quite handy to pour the bucket of water over my head when done and have the pump take away the water to the gray tank. Gravity would be preferable, but my Scamp wasn't designed that way, so it has a pump.
Yesterday, I took my usual walk out into the country during which I pass by some bees.
The first thing you might notice is how high the bee boxes are stacked. During the winter, they are stacked about four high. The beekeeper keeps adding boxes throughout the summer to give the bees room for expansion and honey production.
We had a storm last night that rocked the bees' world.
Dominoes
The bees in the toppled tower were understandably upset.
Other than that, we are just muddling around here in the fly-over state of Wisconsin, hoping that our tower doesn't topple. If things don't get too bad, there will be a fall trip with the Scamp either north or west
My wife Julia is helping me to become more of a minimalist. She throws my stuff out when I'm not looking and adds to her own stuff. I guess it all equals out.
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