In our last post two weeks ago, we were returning to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to catch a seaplane, right?
Well, a lot has happened since then, most of it good stuff, but let’s begin…HERE
Yup, Todd again! Oh lord, that man has a way with adventure!
At approximately zero dark thirty on Friday, September 6, we checked Todd into the ER in the small town of Sidney, Nebraska. (How we got to Nebraska we will cover later.)
After many hours of diagnostic testing, it was determined that his system was totally out of whack due to a nasty gallbladder that needed to be removed ASAP. Determining the problem was the good news. The bad news was there’s no surgeon in Sidney, Nebraska, so they needed to transport him two and a half hours west to Fort Collins, Colorado.
Susie packed up the rental, topped off Pearl with gas, and followed her man into the sunset.
It wasn’t long until…
(not that Todd could see it from inside the ambulance)
Todd was checked into the Surgical Unit at UC Health Poudre (pronounced “pooter” – Todd giggled every time they said it [could have been the drugs]) Valley Hospital in Fort Collins and dosed up with even more medications and antibiotics to prep for surgery in the a.m.
We had a nice view of the sunrise from the hospital room, and of course we were awake to see it – it’s not like one can actually sleep in a hospital…
And for the best news? Surgery went well; the nastiness is gone; and Todd feels “a thousand times better.” (No, you don’t need photos for this part, although we do have some, thanks to the surgeon. Eeeuuuu.)
After an additional night in the hospital for observation, Todd was discharged and we headed to Colorado Springs, where we will be house/pet sitting for a few weeks for Kim, the cousin of our dear friend and fellow-cruiser, Lynn.
The surgical speedbump in our path delayed our arrival to the point that we missed meeting Kim before she headed to the airport Sunday. As a Plan B, she left Mochi with a kind-hearted friend, who delivered her to us after we could make it to the house.
Now that we’re staying in one place for a few weeks, the patient can finish healing, Mochi can get used to us, and our photographer can get through the backlog of 300+ photos to prepare our catch-up posts. Consider this like a Flashback style show. Wonder how they ended up here…
That’s life. Gotta watch out for the curveballs, especially when Todd is pitching! Enough is enough! 🙂
Our Travels 
aren’t we a group…I ended up
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