What A Wonderful Life We Lead
We lead an interesting life. I don't remember anyone telling me how interesting the so-called golden years were going to be.
I told you before about breaking the two anchor teeth holding a bridge. The tooth that was salvageable has been fix'd. But.....I still have the root of the other tooth in my mouth. I will get it out and the bone graft done next Thursday, about 2 months after the bridge fell out of my mouth. Along the way the oral surgeon will prepare for an implant in the space between the two teeth. Then in 3 more months he will be able to insert the post that will hold the porcelain "tooth" that will let me eat solid foods, but the tooth won't be installed until about September or so.
In the mean time, I have been trying to find a Home Medical Provider that would actually provide me with oxygen and bill Railroad Medicare. Two of them told me and the doctor that they couldn't bill Railroad Medicare. So....I purchased a new portable oxygen concentrator through the doctor himself. It is an Inogen G5, and it does what I need it to do. This fight has been going on since the first week of November. It has become necessary because at times my oxygen levels are unpredictable and fall to dangerously low levels. A few days ago, the lovely and talented Sister Black had trouble waking me. I had fallen asleep in my chair. We tested my oxygen and found it to be at 77%. I'm told that anything under 90% means brain cells die. AHAH! So... THAT'S HOW I BECAME BRAIN DEAD? I knew there was a source behind it!
Piano lessons are going well. Sister Black now has 11 students that come to lessons regularly. One of them is an investigator. Most of them are adults. They are learning well. We have told them that they need to be ready to play the simplified hymns by the time we return home (where-ever that will be) because there will not be anyone else to play for Sacrament Meeting.
The Choir performed this past Sunday in both the Channelview Ward and the Jacinto City Ward. The members of the choir did exceptionally well, particularly since few of them can actually read music.
We sang "Jehova mi pastor es" ("The Lord is My Shepherd") with the brethren singing the melody and the sisters singing the alto. None of them had ever even heard the alto part before. We had many people tell us how wonderful the choir sounded. I just hold the baton...they do all the work.
Yesterday we had an 8 ft diameter water main break in east Houston. It affected the whole water system for the entire city, and flooded a 1/2 mile stretch of I-610. Many homes had to be evacuated because of the flooding. That particular water main is under heavy pressure in order to feed the whole system. I'm told a whole lot of water came out of that pipe before they were able to get it stopped. The Houston Fire Department had to do water evacuations just as if a hurricane had come through. Luckily the fire services are equipped for such an event because of hurricanes and tropical storms that like to come our way. Because of the break, and subsequent repairs, we are under a "boil all water" order, even to the point of water used to wash hands and dishes. Contaminants entered the system and of course since the chemical purification was before the break, the water to homes and businesses was contaminated. So, we are drinking bottled water today.
It is good that the order expires tonight because we have a baptism planned for tomorrow afternoon.
Life is never dull around here.
I told you before about breaking the two anchor teeth holding a bridge. The tooth that was salvageable has been fix'd. But.....I still have the root of the other tooth in my mouth. I will get it out and the bone graft done next Thursday, about 2 months after the bridge fell out of my mouth. Along the way the oral surgeon will prepare for an implant in the space between the two teeth. Then in 3 more months he will be able to insert the post that will hold the porcelain "tooth" that will let me eat solid foods, but the tooth won't be installed until about September or so.
In the mean time, I have been trying to find a Home Medical Provider that would actually provide me with oxygen and bill Railroad Medicare. Two of them told me and the doctor that they couldn't bill Railroad Medicare. So....I purchased a new portable oxygen concentrator through the doctor himself. It is an Inogen G5, and it does what I need it to do. This fight has been going on since the first week of November. It has become necessary because at times my oxygen levels are unpredictable and fall to dangerously low levels. A few days ago, the lovely and talented Sister Black had trouble waking me. I had fallen asleep in my chair. We tested my oxygen and found it to be at 77%. I'm told that anything under 90% means brain cells die. AHAH! So... THAT'S HOW I BECAME BRAIN DEAD? I knew there was a source behind it!
Piano lessons are going well. Sister Black now has 11 students that come to lessons regularly. One of them is an investigator. Most of them are adults. They are learning well. We have told them that they need to be ready to play the simplified hymns by the time we return home (where-ever that will be) because there will not be anyone else to play for Sacrament Meeting.
The Choir performed this past Sunday in both the Channelview Ward and the Jacinto City Ward. The members of the choir did exceptionally well, particularly since few of them can actually read music.
We sang "Jehova mi pastor es" ("The Lord is My Shepherd") with the brethren singing the melody and the sisters singing the alto. None of them had ever even heard the alto part before. We had many people tell us how wonderful the choir sounded. I just hold the baton...they do all the work.
Yesterday we had an 8 ft diameter water main break in east Houston. It affected the whole water system for the entire city, and flooded a 1/2 mile stretch of I-610. Many homes had to be evacuated because of the flooding. That particular water main is under heavy pressure in order to feed the whole system. I'm told a whole lot of water came out of that pipe before they were able to get it stopped. The Houston Fire Department had to do water evacuations just as if a hurricane had come through. Luckily the fire services are equipped for such an event because of hurricanes and tropical storms that like to come our way. Because of the break, and subsequent repairs, we are under a "boil all water" order, even to the point of water used to wash hands and dishes. Contaminants entered the system and of course since the chemical purification was before the break, the water to homes and businesses was contaminated. So, we are drinking bottled water today.
It is good that the order expires tonight because we have a baptism planned for tomorrow afternoon.
Life is never dull around here.
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