Day 5 - followup

Thanks for the kind wishes for John. The broken bone is actually in his hand - sort of the continuation of the little finger bones along the edge of his hand. Anyhow, he's in a good sturdy cast. He carried on like a trooper today, and we did all we intended to do (Corning Glass Museum, Glenn Curtiss Airplane Museum, a winery, dinner). But at 9, he admitted to having some pain, took one of his pain pills, and crashed. He even asked me to set out one of the pain pills so he could take it in the middle of the night (he can't open the bottle with only one hand).

I left a message for our family doctor today to make him an appointment for followup and pin removal as soon as we get home. And they've already callled with the information. The orthopedic who did his shoulder repair doesn't "do hands", but there's a new guy in the practice who specializes in hands - and that's great! I've e-mailed the surgeon in Binghamtom and gave him the particulars so his office can get the records to Chattanooga by the time John goes for his appointment. Isn't the internet wonderful!

John has Medicare and a supplementary policy through retirement, but presumably the motel's insurance is going to be paying for this. I don't know how they're going to work that out. I guess we'll notify the two insurance companies when we get home, so they can take care of it.

He's planning on being able to help with the driving after the boat time. I don't particularly like the idea of his driving in any tricky traffic, though - with only one hand. We'll see how it goes.

We went to a really nice restaurant for dinner tonight - sat out on the deck. It was cool, but pleasant - right on the Keuka Lake shore. Unfortunately, the fact of the meal didn't come up to the sound of it on the menu. The wine was too sweet for their tastes (they all like really dry wines). The server was slow getting to us, and the food was WAY too long being served. She said they had given two of our dinners to somebody else. We said to just serve the two they had ready. Mine (which came a bit later) was not correct, and Al's was the last to be served. The server did comp for my meal, but it still wasn't a great experience. Oh, well. Lunch was great at a small-town cafe called "Chat-A-Whyle". How can you NOT like something with that name! We love places like that. This one had the BEST clam chowder and sticky buns. Yum!

We start the canal trip tomorrow. The weather has been gorgeous, and there's even a huge full moon tonight. More smiles today!

Oh, yes - I did take some pictures, but with my phone camera. And, sorry, I don't know what to do with them now. I'll get some more on the boat when I get the REAL camera out.