Hello, I’m sitting here at our property all alone, with just the dogs for company. Aron has gone back to Calgary to have an Ultrasound done on his eye and see a specialist there about surgery (more about that in a minute) and all the trades are not on site today, nor is our builder.
The good news is, the roof is 100% completed on the house and garage and looks fantastic!
All the HVAC is completed as far as it can be for now (ducting and air handler installed)
The fireplace chimeny is all in, just need to install the kit to connect it into our HVAC heating ducts. We should be able to use it in the next week or so to provide some heat. The rough-in plumbing is all done and the rough-in electrical should be done early next week. At that point we should be having our electrical inspection.
The other terrific news is that our windows are being loaded on a truck right now at the factory and will be heading to us asap. We should have the first load this weekend and the last few windows will show up on Monday. Then we just have our double sliding doors and front door left to ship the following week. I’m super excited to get our windows installed next week (just hope our builder is back on Monday, he’s run off to do some work in Penticton all this week).
Thought you might be interested in how we managed cooking up a traditional thanksgiving feast with just a toaster oven. Here are some pictures to prove we did it. It wasn’t up to par with the dinner we could have made in a full kitchen, but it was pretty good for living in a RV.
The pups even dressed up for the occasion!
Oh, and the pumpkins we grew, they are definitely not ripe. A couple had some small cracks in them and they were rotten inside. I read they continue to ripen after picked, so who knows, maybe the last 3 will be ripe by Christmas, lol.
ARON UPDATE: So I’m sure you are all wondering how things have gone for Aron. First off, the appointment was grueling, it took about 5.5 hours to get the ultrasound and whatever else they did complete and then get to talk with the Dr. about the results and the plan going forward.
So first off, Aron definitely will need surgery, probably multiple surgeries. Dr. Kherani has booked him in for the first one Oct 31st. This will be an exploratory surgery as well as a Vitrectomy to remove all of the vitreous humor from the eye as well as blood and other debris. They replace the vitreous with some type of oil and it remains in the eye for the rest of your life. They believe that his lens is in the vitreous, so that will get removed as well. They want to see if the retina has sustained any damage and if so, how much. If the retina is undamaged or can be repaired, that will be the first step, if not, then I’m not sure the outcome will be good or if they will keep doing any surgeries after that. If the retina is good or repairable, they work on getting that fixed up first, then after that it goes, cornea, lens and then iris repairs in that order. We don’t know if each one will be a separate surgery or how it will work after that. We do know he will have to get a new lens and possibly cornea.
The bad part is that all these surgeries and follow ups will be in Calgary and with winter approaching it may make travel more challenging back and forth. I might be spending more time alone here with the pups if driving is not an option and he has to fly out.
Bottom line, we are still both optimistic that his sight will be recovered and with a new lens, probably even improved! Send all your positive thoughts his way, he will have lots of hurdles to get through before this is all done! Love him so much and all his positivity, most people don’t even know his eye is damaged, he just keeps on doing everything he did before and never complains about it.