We're back!!!

Wow, last week was amazing. Arrived at the hotel at midnight, as usual, Amtrak was three hours late. We didn't have anything scheduled for morning so we slept in. The New Otani, in downtown LA, across from the central police station is such an oasis. A beautiful garden, a starbucks, each time we have stayed the room was very different. I request a room overlooking the garden, and this time the room had rice paper windows. They cut the heat of the day even better than black out curtains yet they allow light to pass that is very soothing. Plus the AC works and they have samples of Tarroco line of products. They smell of citrus, they are based on of all things blood oranges. As a knitter with constantly dry hands I have found that this lotion moisturizes and doesn't leave my hands greasy. Not as citrusy as the alchemic dragon stuff SP10 sent but wonderful none the less.

We saw Dr. Heck and it was a pleasant visit with a VNS change, we got J's shoulder CT and I will call Dr. I on Wednesday. Surgery went very well, we went in at 8 and left by 3. Back to the hotel, J slept hard. The kyphoplasty on the outside looks like someone used a nail to hang a picture on his back and missed the stud a couple times. They were only able to inflate one of the three vertebrae, so he may have gained an eighth of an inch, the other two were just too damaged. I was worried he didn't have enough recovery time and that the trip on the train, was going to be painful. Need not have worried. Surgery was very successful. He is walking, riding in the car, sitting up and feeling less pain than he has in years. The surgeon said that other levels can be treated as needed and that we will be seeing most improvement for the next two weeks, but continuing up to three months.

We got home and Jason hadn't showered for a couple days because of the home care instructions. He used the citrus alchemic dragon stuff and it cut the "man stench" he came out smelling yummy!

So did I get any actual knitting done. Well I was trying to make a pair of socks for my Mom for mothers day and I misread the label and ran out of yarn. Very cute sock but alas no mate and no time to go get another couple skeins to finish it. So I cast on on Friday night with some soft colorful cotton praying I would have enough to finish her spa socks and by Sunday at lunchtime I had (you guessed it ) only one sock for Mom. I took both to her when we visited and let her choose which one she would prefer to have a mate too.

Great weekend. I'll talk about today later. Thanks for all your prayers and good wishes. This time we did have a medical procedure that actually helped.