It's been a busy week here at the Chapman home...
Wednesday afternoon we went for pedicures and when Louis Dean took his socks off they took one look at him and said we needed to get him to the doctor. Last week I had noticed blood on the floor in his music room... he as no feeling in his left foot and had an open ulcer on the bottom of his big toe. The toe was red and swollen so I cleaned and put antibiotic cream and a bandage on it. In a few days the swelling was donwn a little and it wasn't quite as red.
Alas, I was so concerned with keeping up with his new eye drops regime that I totally forgot to keep checking on his toe.....
Thank the Lord for our pedicure day!
The more experience lady did Louis Dean's - minus the big toe.
I immediately called his primary care doctor and we went right in as soon as we left the salon.
Dr. Maddox examined him and determined it was infected, cleaned and bandaged it and directed us to Dr. Garcia, the podiatrist right down the hall.
We arrived just as they were about to close the office but they were kind enough to let us make an appointment for Thusday morning.
Dr. Garcia found that Louis Dean was wearing leather shoes and he leans forward when he walks so the leather is stronger than his skin so it had caused an ulcer. I have a list of shoes that will be appropriate for diabetics but for now he is wearing a boot on that foot until we go back to the doctor next Friday.
Looking handsome!!
We celebrated by having breakfast at IHOP and then ran a few errands before getting home around 3:00. I started the washing machine and loaded the dishwasher and that's when the power went out!
That stopped everything so we went out on the driveway and stayed there until it was dark.
Candles lit and it's still dark in the house!
We spent the next three hours in the gazebo.
The neighbors behind us have allowed trash trees to grow up and the repair team could not get to the transformer - so they sent out a tree cutting crew around midnight and then the repair crew came back and by 1:30 we had power again!!
This was our make-do dinner!
It's always an adventure around here!
Stephanie brought over a nifty lantern plus two phone charger packs!
It's good to have power!
Louis Dean rebuilt a bird house and ended up with Gorilla Glue all over his hands.
It took him hours to get them cleaned up!
My bulb are blooming!
Son Dean sent me flower photos from our yard at the ranch.
So pretty!!
I had cut the rose garden back when we were there - better late than never.
We leave in the morning for Galveston and our bags are packed and loaded in the car.
I am so excited!
