Friday, July 5th, 2024: Bird in James's office, James's surgery, Texted Sheri in England, JA & Palmer's birthday cards, Goodby Stacy, Paul, Joshua, James at home and his thumb is hurting

 

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

171st operating temple

Dedicated: 8 May 2022

By: Gary E. Stevenson

Book of Mormon

Alma 21

Come Follow Me

Alma 19:36

The Lord will help me repent.

April General Conference

"Integrity: A Christlike Attribute" by Elder Jack N. Gerard

D&C 109:43

O Lord, we delight not in the destruction of our fellow men; their souls are precious before thee; 

The bird that got in this house last night made his way into James's office upstairs. James opened up the sliding glass door to let him out but he kept missing and hitting the window up above. He finally found his way out. Poor thing.

Sheri texted today and said she is ready to come home. She also wanted to know about James's surgery. 

James and I signed birthday cards for Jared Ammon and Palmer this morning. I gave Jared's to Stacy to take home with her and mailed Palmer's in Show Low after dropping James off for his surgery. 

James is not feeling well this morning. His thumb is really hurting him. I'm glad he's having this surgery today. The surgery is scheduled for 1:30 but James is supposed to be there at 11:30. We left a little before 11 but James noticed the fence was down which is the reason the horses have been getting out and he stopped to fix it. Stacy came out to say goodbye so we left a little after 11. James was stressed because we were going to be late and I told him it was okay because we are scheduled to be there two hours early. 

I did get to give Joshua a hug before leaving and asked him to please take a selfie with his parents and the dogs before they leave for home. He promised that he would.

I dropped James off at the Summit Outpatient surgery center next to the hospital while I went to do some errands. I mailed Palmer's card, got some lunch at Taco Bell and water and gum at Walmart.

 They were prepping James when I got back to the surgery center. I waited in the waiting room for awhile until someone came and told me I could come back and see him before his surgery. James said he had never been scrubbed so clean before a surgery. The attending nurse came in and washed his hand with disinfectant and he said they had done much more before I got there.  Dr. Ellsworth, the anesthesiologist, and a nurse assisting in the surgery came in to speak with him. Dr. Ellsworth drew an x on his right thumb so he would know he got the right one when he was in the operating room. Soon it was time for him to go back so we said our goodbyes and I went back to the waiting room. 

It was about two hours when someone came to tell me he was waking up in recovery and I could come back. James was pretty groggy and his hand was sitting inside of a huge spongy yellow block that resembled a big piece of cheese. They were using it to stabilize his hand. After I helped him get dress and as we were getting ready to leave the nurse asked if he wanted to take it with him. I said yes, but James said absolutely not. He didn't like it and didn't think he needed it. Later after we got home I think he regretted his decision. Before leaving the pharmacy gave him a prescription for Hydrocodone. 

We went across the street to Walmart. James wanted some Ben & Jerry's fudge brownie ice cream. I bought a pint and a pint of Cherry Garcia. James ate the entire pint of fudge brownie. It was non-dairy so it didn't cause him to be plugged up, and he loved it. 

We also went through Culver's drive-thru at his request and he got his favorite sandwich, a cod fillet. I got a butter burger single.

Tom was gone when we got home. Stacy and Paul were gone too. They left for home around 4. Tom was outside when they left and when we left. We both called and called for him but he never came home until it was bedtime. I scolded him and told him he should have come the first time we called. He acted like it was no big deal.

James did a lot of walking outside on the deck and then he complained about how much his thumb hurt. I think he is overdoing. He should be sitting with his hand propped up on a spongy thing that looks like a piece of cheese watching a Hallmark mystery.

Notes & Quotes I took today:

"Being true to God will set us apart from the world." - Elder Gerard

Follow Him - "Your friends impact who you will become. A friend is someone who makes it easier for you to live the gospel of Jesus Christ." - Robert D. Hales

"Our kindness may be the best example of what we believe." - Gordon B. Hinckley

Show Low in the 60's