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  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
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North Padre Island, Texas

Today turned out to be another long day.  The original plan was to drive from Edmond, Oklahoma to South Austin, Texas.  Once we found out that our Padre Island airbnb had a cancellation, making tonight available, we decided to push on.

We saw billboards for fried pies in Oklahoma and Texas.  Julia was intrigued and ordered a peach fried pie, shortly after we passed the Texas state line.



I took a bite, but that was enough for me.  The peach filling was ok, but the pie crust's grease coated my entire mouth in just one bite.

Interstate 35 was not very interesting, but the road was in good shape, and the speed limits were very accommodating.    I can't remember the last time that I drove on a stretch of road with 85 mph as the speed limit.

We drove across the bridge from Corpus Christi to Padre Island just as the sun was going down around 6 p.m.  

 

It was a beautiful, familiar sight, and the temperatures were still in the low 60's.  Readers will remember that we stayed in the same general area in 2021.  This is a different airbnb--smaller, cheaper, not on a channel but closer to the beach, very bright and clean.  We met one of the friendly owners upon arrival.  Our first impressions are positive.

We will be here for eight days and then continue our travels for a couple of days in San Antonio before crossing the Mexican border.  At least, that's the plan.




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greg said…
Ahh. So that's why you thought the I-35 corridor wasn't so bad, you bypassed the whole Austin Metro mess. Does this mean the construction tangle in Fort Worth and Waco are finally cleared up? (Haven't been that way in forever because it was such a mess)
January 26, 2023 at 9:50 AM
John said…
It was probably a combination of luck and going through mid-day. There was some construction on the north end of Fort Worth, but it didn't really seem to slow down the flow of traffic. Just annoying concrete barriers that were too close on one side with semi trucks on the other. I don't remember construction being an issue around Waco; we were listening to a book downloaded from the library and the miles flew by. Around Austin, google maps sent us down Hwy 130, and then we were on two lane highways the rest of the way to Corpus.
January 26, 2023 at 12:46 PM
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