July 2, 2009

  • Charlie Creek Adventure

    So the girls annd Rob have been bugging me to go up Charlie Creek for awhile.  This is the small creek that runs into our slightly bigger river.  So tonight I had no excuses and we headed up.


    The storms of last winter did a nice thing, and its wider and easier to get up here this year.  They even made a path around a MONGO spruce that fell down two winters ago, that I couldn't figure out how to get over last summer. 

    A rather large fern even for here.  You can see how it dwarfs Zeria. That's big for a fern even around here.

    One of the trees I ducked under, but I took it for the way the sun was filtering through the leaves.

    Yet another of the big trees on our property.

    And the real reason my girls wanted me to go.  Kaylin found TWO more Dipper nests.  And the bridge they are nesting on is lower, so I was able to take awesome pictures of the wee-ones.


    I was a bit shakey by the time we got to the bridge, so we climbed up to the road while Rob made the jog back to get the car.  I'm used to eating a low carb, high protein diet.   It is what keeps me out of hypoglycemia.  But due to the gallbladder which is supposed to be low-fat I'm having  a hard time finding high protein food that is low fat.  And I keep getting the shakes.  *sigh*    If its not one thing its another.

    While I was waiting I had to take a picture of my neighbors house.

    I love her house.  She's one of only four houses on a wee dead-end country road that our property abutts to.  Rob and I both agree of all the houses in Clallam Bay this is the one we covet the most.  LOL  Its even still on "our" creek.  And smack dab next to 'our"  river.  Ahh well, it'll never be for sale, but its fun to admire.

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    In gallbladder news I had my ultrasound today.  And I have several large ones.  I don't know how many that actually means.  And one is in the neck of the gallbladder which puts me at high-risk, and none of the local surgeons want to deal with it.  So there's a strong likelihood that means TWO or threee irritating trips to Seattle.   Its such a long long ways to Seattle from here.  Olympia is so much easier to get to, but the "good" doctors are all in Seattle.  *growl*

    So I'm supposed to watch my temperature--if I get a fever I'm to head to the ER immediately--not that they want to do anything at the ER, they already referred me out. 

    And if I get yellow I'm supposed to go to the ER. 

    Or if I have extreme pain.

    Course I have recently learned my tolerance for pain is much higher then I suspected, nobody is quite sure how I've lived with them this long. 

    Happy Fourth to me.  I can't eat any fun fourth food, and I have to get the shakes too. 

Comments (3)

  • No, there are excellent doctors here in Olympia contrary to what some may believe.  I had two exccellent surgeons.  One, who was really my doctor but couldn't do the surgery because he can't use his right hand at this time.  He is recovering from a stroke.  His associate did the surgery.  *g*

    Love the nest of baby birds and those beady eyes peering out.  *g*

  • I would think that any experiened surgeon  in Port Anglese should be able to do your gall bladder removal even tho one of the stones in near the neck of the gall bladder.............they just remove the gallbadder intact, but that probably calls for surgery the old way, and not like Grannie Dee had.  Hope you get this resolved soon so that you can enjoy the rest of summer with your family.  Take care.

  • OUCH!!!  We do tend to amaze ourselves with what we can deal with when it comes right down to the nitty gritty.  Hope this gets taken care of fast and without too many trips to Seattle.

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