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Medical or Pleasure
Having a hospital trip mixed with a vacation isn’t that bad for us. Sadly, hospital trips were our vacations for over a decade! Since Amanda first got sick all those years ago, we only went on two trips for pleasure. One cruise, just after her first pacemaker, which I had to call to get approval…
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Heartiversary PreTrip
Amanda has been doing better since the medication change made on our last Houston trip. She sleeps better and feels her heart is much more under control during the day. With the new symptoms now masked by the medication, it’s still disheartening that we even have this issue at all, especially how it all started.…
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A Quick Trip
The hotel we are staying at now in the medical is excellent, with easy access to the hospital. We just go over to a sky bridge that connects directly to the hospital. It makes for an easy stay without driving or even going outside. The only drawback is that it’s expensive. We stayed on a…
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Houston Check-in
Amanda seems to have gotten worse, well, a worse symptom. Sunday night, as I was driving home, she called me. Her voice told me something was wrong; she asked if I was close to home. She’d fainted in the closet, not hitting her head but twisting the new knee around a bit. This was one…
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Back on the Road
Ok, I know I’m terrible at posting once we get home! Sorry, but life gets in the way, and I get very unmotivated to write once I get home! Our trip back from Colorado was uneventful and filled with coffee, french fries, more coffee, some tea, and a long drive! The night before we left,…
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A Quiet Day
I woke up around midnight, went back to sleep, and never heard anybody leave. Amanda said she heard something shuffling around 2:30, though. We woke up to an empty house. Walking into the living room, Amanda said, “There are no people here!” So, all alone, we were off on a drive to Durango. The first…
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A Rocky Afternoon
We were back on the road after our expensive, very toasted pizza. Our next stop was Creede. We had a bad taste in our mouths about this town. Last year, when we rolled through, we just stopped at the visitors center. It was the most unfriendly visitor center ever. They didn’t say one word to…
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Only Need Two
We were up early again; for the purpose of traveling, I am enjoying it. Amanda was sleeping pretty well. So I figured I’d let her sleep, but she followed me to the living room shortly after. Today, we’d head on the east side of the mountains. We went to an extensive reservoir, and the kids…
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Alpine Lake
I’m enjoying the earlier-than-usual wake-ups, with a bit of coffee time before heading out early. It’s kept the crowds down on our hikes. Mostly, all we see when we head to the trials are hunters. Then, by lunch, the hikers are out. The cool mornings are excellent for hiking, too, even though it’s a little…
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Waterfall Hike
We didn’t sleep too well and were up early. I got up around at 2:30 and maybe got 30 minutes between then and 5:30 when I heard a spoon in a coffee cup and just gave up! Amanda wasn’t too far behind me. I grabbed a cup of black joe, but when Amanda was up…
