Up bright and early after a so-so night sleep, no breakfast since Hubby’s procedure wouldn’t allow him to eat, and I couldn’t very well eat without him. Took care of the horses, feeding and cleaning, making sure the fence was working since I thought it safer for them to stay in the fence area rather than tie them to the highline where they seem to be getting in the habit of getting tangled up together. Flash still hasn’t quite figure it out yet, though I’m sure he will over time. We left around nine, stopped for fuel before getting on the freeway and driving the 60+ miles to the hospital arriving about 15 minutes in advance. Naturally we took Lola with us, and I got her dressed up in her Therapy Dog vest and she instigated smiles everywhere she went. We got Hubby checked in and prepped, then waited for quite some before he was finally taken back for the procedure. Lola and I sent to the resident Starbucks and had a nice salad, then waited for some more time for Hubby to be finished. They had to do a lot this time, evidently, whereas last time they just did a couple of balloons to expand his veins and arteries. This time they actually put a stint in in additional to the angioplasty, so it took a bit longer. Thankfully, they fed him while he was in recovery, so that saved us some time when we left. We finally headed out after 6:00, stopped at Tractor Supply to fill up the propane tanks (we ended up using about a tank and a half for nearly a full day of air-conditioning), a quick stop at Wendys for Frosties, and finally a quick stop at Walmart for just a few essentials like ice cream, beer and peanut butter :-). Arrived back in camp, which was still completely empty except for us, at around 8:00. Being in Eastern time gave us the extra hour to get the horses fed and the paddock cleaned up, then we settled in for the evening. Turns out that if I put my cell phone in the window of the bedroom in the gooseneck, I can actually get a signal good enough to get Netflix and Amazon Prime, so we’ve been enjoying some old classic films of late. Will be in bed early tonight though, since last night wasn’t the best night sleep. Hoping for better tonight!
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