Potential good news about the sciatica

Sunday was our last day at Our Savior.  We were scheduled to sing one of my favorite hymns, It is Well with My Soul.  I was also scheduled to read the Scripture for the day.  Both things went well.  Afterward we took 2 widows of German descent to a Bavarian restaurant that we had been to several times before.  The restaurant had new owners, and the food was much better.  In fact the ladies who both came from Germany thought it was very authentic.  We were home by 2:30 and rested.  Evelyn’s leg comes and goes in her pain level.  She felt fairly good earlier but bad when we went to bed.  We didn’t eat supper before going to the final band concert in Maggie Valley.  It was one of the best of the season.  We are sorry that it is over.  We came home and had our usual popcorn before going to bed.  Evelyn has been able to sleep most of the night but has trouble turning over and getting out of bed.  She plans to call the doctor and request a referral for an epidural tomorrow.

Monday we began with phone calls.  Evelyn left a message for the doctor and waited for the response.  I called the audiologist because I had seen an ad for a hearing aid.  You may remember that I had lost the one for my left ear a couple of months ago.  I learned that what was advertised was inferior to the one I have and the ad was not for my audiologist.  The doctor returned the call and decided to give Evelyn a shot of Kenalog 40mg.  Of course, we went immediately and were happy that she didn’t have to endure the epidural.  Those are painful and don’t always work.  We pray that this injection in the hip will work.  Evelyn felt better the remainder of the day but hopes that she will feel even better tomorrow.  We are trying to eat the things we have in the refrigerator and freezer.  We had some of the country style ribs that I had smoked in July.  They were good, but we have more to eat in the next days.  I spent some of the day putting the tubs into the trailer.  I think we will have plenty of room but can’t understand why.  I had things packed to the roof when we returned to NC in the spring.  We may even have room to take our Mandevilla in one of the empty tubs.  We are going into a cold period in the mountains, making it easy for us to leave.  I wore a sweatshirt all day and felt good.  I did grease the wheels with Gene’s grease gun and enjoyed a final beer with him and J.R.  We watched Dancing with the Stars in the evening.  Evelyn felt better but has trouble sitting.  We hope she will not be too uncomfortable riding to Texas.