Wed., 5/20/26, Went to Bill’s Pain clinic appt., Ate lunch on the deck, filled hummingbird and oriole liquid feeders, caught an opossum, went to Costco, went to Aldi, went to eye doctor, went to Texas Roadhouse, pulled weeds,

Grandma Schmidt’s 100+ 

Beautiful Spring blossoms 

My fish in the pond!

Love this bush

Bill and I at the Texas Roadhouse

Bill had a 7:45 appointment at the pain clinic because he is in such pain.  The doctor was so nice.  He is going to squeeze Bill in tomorrow for an injection to help him.  He also said after Bill has the disk removed from his back he should return to how he was.  Good news.  He let Bill sit in the waiting room and had me go in an office to schedule an appt. for tomorrow.  He said he knew Bill was in great pain because he had a high tolerance for pain band doesn’t get sedated before he gets injections.  He said tomorrow he will need something so he can lay on his stomach for the injection.  

We came home and I made Bill a PB&J sandwich.  I had a grilled chicken sandwich with Swiss cheese on it.  I ate out on the deck and watched the birds for a while.  Bill rested once he finished his sandwich.  I made hummingbird and oriole food for the liquid feeders and filled them.   I took the opossum I caught and released it and then went to Costco and returned a pair of slacks I had bought.  I went to Aldi and got some groceries, then went to Meijer for a few other things.  I came home and put the groceries away.  Bill was sleeping.  

We went to Texas Roadhouse when he woke up.  I found his gift certificate from Veterans Day for his free meal.  It needed to be used by 5/31 so we went and each had a sirloin steak dinner.  Everything was so good and the salads were huge.  The steaks were so tender and cooked to perfection.  Their rolls are always the best.  Baked potatoes were good too.  I ran in to TSC and got some oil for his rototiller.   We came home, and I worked on my blog and Bill relaxed.     I talked to Melissa, Kimmy and Vikki today.  They all want to know how Bill is doing and are praying for him.  I’m so thankful for each one and sure appreciate their prayers.  Wes called Bill.  I was going to call Gayla today and each time I went to call, someone called me first, Sue called me first and wanted me to pray for her.  That was a long call.  Then other calls kept coming and I never did get to call Gayla.  I was happy we got to talk to both Wes and Gayla and have them pray for Bill.  We went to bed early again (10:30) because he has another early appt. with the cardiac doctor tomorrow at the VA.