Eddy Fisher died Wednesday from complications of a hip replacement. Well, that gives you pause for thought. Something so common place now as a hip replacement and something goes very wrong. You just never know. Our friend Jack Kean is at USC having his artificial knee removed because of a massive infection. They have to remove all of the metal, clean out the infection, put in a temporary replacement and then he has to be on an antibiotic IV for 8 weeks. When they are sure the infection is gone they will put in another knee. Yikes!
Just as a side note, when ever you have any replacement parts you must alert your physicians and your dentist. When you have any sign of ANY infection in your body you must treat it aggressively as it will migrate to the replacement, that being the weakest point in your body. The dentist must give you antibiotics before he does any work at all in your mouth, even the cleaning. The head being extremely vascular those veins spread infection through out the body. Good oral hygiene is one of the best preventatives for heart attack, as well. So don't let those cleanings go! You owe it to yourself and others to keep them pearly white. Halitosis is very unpleasant. I love Bob because he always gives me a heads up when my breath is less than pleasant.
Speaking of keeping things clean, we are trying to clean this place up too. When the landlady took out the palm trees, she also removed a giant juniper that covered up a multitude of sins. The haul trailer and the motor home being two of the biggest. So now we have to get on the ball and figure out how to make it pretty without spending much money. There is also a very old,very substantial swing that is sturdy but unsightly. The landlady's children played on it and they are all in their late 30's and early 40's. Preston loved swinging up into the big oak tree, squealing with delight when his head touched the leaves, wonderful therapy for a little boy who was fearful of almost everything. But it has to go now with out the juniper to hide it.
I have an all-over therapeutic soreness that almost feels good this fine Sunday morning. The time outside doing yard work yesterday felt refreshing and satisfying; the sense of accomplishment nearing exhilaration. We had to quit about 10:30 because it was simply too hot to continue. Later in the day the temperature crested at 104. Whew! The hottest day yet this summer . It has been much cooler this year and we are happy to have had it that way. We settled in with a nice tall glass of ice cold fresh squeezed lemonade to watch a new NCIS Los Angeles. Gotta love that DVR and the neighbor's lemon tree!
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