Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 – Finish Trail Marking, Hospital Day Four and Event Dinner

Another shot of Dayquil, another ride out to finish marking the orange trail, though Apollo gave me some trouble because he could smell a lot of pig activity on one section of the trail, so bad I had to get down and walk him for a bit to get over it, but we managed to FINALLY finish marking all the trails I was assigned, so I’m very happy to have completed that job. I ran out to the hospital, where I learned they had checked Hubby’s fistula and couldn’t find anything wrong with it, so they took a black magic marker and marked up his arm where the vein was so that the people in dialysis could find it well enough to dialyze him. REALLY??? They couldn’t do that two days ago??? Ridiculous!! So two days wasted and a catheter stuck in his neck because some genius couldn’t figure out that marking where the vein was might be helpful to the dialysis folks. Did I say we were getting a bit disgusted with this hospital? Let me crank that up to, we can’t wait to get out of here, this place is terrible!! Anyway, they managed to do a good dialysis on Hubby today, and though he is still weak from the pulling of too much fluid, he seems to be heading in the right direction, but still with a ways to go. I had to leave him early for the event dinner, arriving there just in time to be the last in line for the dinner, which was quite nice for a catered dinner in a tent, provided by a local Animal Rescue league. The organizer, Jo, was kind enough to mention how grateful she was for all the help I had given her this week, as well as many of the other volunteers, and it was a nice dinner that lasted about two hours, including the ride meeting. I still didn’t get enough information as a “newbie,” so I’m going into it a bit blind, but I hooked up with a couple of more experienced women who allowed me to leave my stuff in their trailer overnight, as I’m going to be riding Flash the mile from the trailhead to the start of the race. Finally heading to bed, hoping for a good night sleep, but there’s a forecast that a heavy storm is coming through overnight, so I’m not counting on a full night sleep. Well, that and I have the alarm set for 5:30, a bit earlier than usual, but a necessity to get to the race on time! Busy day tomorrow!