This week has been trying at times. If you remember, I've told you about the problem with our washer drain. We've not gotten anyone to look at it, I just stop the washer while it's draining. Since it only does it when the wash cycle is over, I just have to look at the time when I start it, and about 20 minutes later, give or take a minute, it's time. Well, I decided to wash a couple of our little throws that were looking a little dingy. After I got them started, I got a box of paperwork to look through to shred and...you guessed it, I missed the time by 5 minutes. There was water everywhere! So, mopped and sopped and then had to wash a load of towels. We still haven't gotten anyone to look at it yet, but it's going to have to happen.

I noticed on Thursday that Bill was getting very winded, or so it seemed, whenever he walked. We are also still dealing with these colds and he's coughing more than usual and it sounds productive but I don't think he's actually coughing anything up enough to get it out, or if he is, he's just swallowing it. Anyway, he had walked through the house looking for me and was breathing very hard when he sat down, so I checked his O2 sat and it was 86. It did come up to 90 but didn't go any further. So, got him back on the O2 and that's when the battle really started. He says he's doing fine without it and he doesn't notice that he sounds like a freight train without it. It could also all be due to the cold restricting him, but I don't think so. I'm thinking that the emphysema is progressing faster than we thought it would.

He will sit with it on with no problem, but he takes it off to walk to the bathroom or kitchen, which defeats the purpose! I showed him how far he could go with it on (it's 47 feet of tubing), so he's pretty independent with it. He can go into the computer/laundry room to his chair, he can get coffee and put it in the microwave if necessary and use the toaster. Of course he can go to the bathroom with no problem. But, he's still fighting me every step of the way! Not only do we have the concentrator, and an extra one in his mancave to use while he's on the treadmill, we have 6 small ones to use when we are out and about and 2 4 ft. tanks that have a wheeled cart. I told him we could put one of those tanks, with a separate length of tubing in the kitchen so he could take the trash out. He can also use a small tank in his backpack to take the trash to the curb on pick-up day. Yes, it's inconvenient but it's doable. So, we shall see what happens in the coming week. 

We haven't gotten the paper itinerary yet, but Mayo called this week with his appointment schedule and it will work perfectly with what we were planning. So, I have all of our hotels booked and, including the visit with his sister, we will be gone exactly 2 weeks.

Well, better get started with my chores. I'm going to put the laundry room back together since I know that everything has dried out by now. It's almost time to start changing out clothes. We are both so ready for fall. It's supposed to be in the 90s all next week again, and has been this week. It's also been more humid again. It did rain most of the night after we went to bed and a little this morning. It looks like it could rain again and it is supposed to rain at different points throughout the day. But, I have no real plans to go anywhere so it can rain all it wants.

Hope everyone has had a good week and will have a good one ahead. We're planning another little day trip next week-end so that will be something to look forward to. Have a good week-end!