Garden Time

Took Cathy to the Orthopedic surgeon last week to check on her hip and knee.  Not good news.  Seems her hip joint is deteriorating to the point where the actual joint is bone on bone.  No wonder she has trouble getting around.  It wasn't so much the knee as the hip.  Anyway, she's going to have hip replacement surgery when we get back from Florida.  The surgeon explained that they well replace the ball on top of the femur (looks like a ball joint on the tie rod end of a car).  They just cut off the top of the femur and drop this stainless steel joint into the top of the bone.  The ball sits on top a six inch shaft that fits into the femur.  When they put it all back together, the hip socket fits onto the ball joint and all the muscle holds it in place.  No screws needed and no rehab either.  Just recovery for healing from surgery.  He said she'll be up walking, with a walker, the first day.  Cathy ain't too good with surgery and definitely don't do very well with the pain.  So hope they got some good drugs for her.  Maybe when she gets healed up we can start walking again like we used to do a year ago.  We were both in better shape and need to get back to it.

Well we should have the ground plowed and topsoil on but the weather just isn't cooperating.  Joe came down last week to check on the status of the ground to see about plowing and we both agreed that it was still too wet.  Then, for the past couple of days, we've had more rain.  Just can't seem to find a dry period when it can be plowed.  Joes has his plowed but then he's higher up the mountain and it drains before mine.  In fact, his drains into mine and keeps it wet, at least for now.  Will just have to wait and hope the weather cooperates.  I want to at least get it plowed and prepped for planting before we leave for Steve's wedding in Florida, May 7th.