Dennis continues to get his shots each morning. The "bellyaching" isn't as bad but the bones might be aching a bit more. Terry and I were never told that the donor would have any aches, and we are feeling sorry for him. We look forward to the day that his aching goes away.

Terry had one appointment today, and that was a pump class. We also stopped at the supplies counter and pharmacy to get his pump and supplies for it, and the bandages and flushes (etc.) for his Hickman. Our big rubbermaid (or the like) box is full of supplies.

The pump is the device that is used to pump the fluid through the lines. We do this ourselves to help him hydrate as needed, and we only do it when they tell us to. We worked the pump during the class, and have learned how to use it, but that first time on our own is going to be interesting. Luckily we still have our handy book full of information that will show us how to do it, step by step. This pump comes with it's own back pack that has a place for it and the fluid to connect securely to the bag, and he can carry it around with him wherever he goes and still get those good juices. We know that we start that Wednesday before the radiation.

Dennis and MaryAnn came back from their appointments and we had time before our appointments so we went on a little adventure. We took a ride on the "Ducks". We really enjoyed the sights and the fun guide on the "Ride the Ducks" tour. We were able to see, up close, some of the things we can see from the clinic window. We had heard about Ride the Ducks a couple years ago, but have never seen them. Thanks again, to Dennis and MaryAnn for a fun time. We have now experienced Ride the Ducks, and it really is fun.

The gas works park.


Apparently this is one of the boats used in the show The Deadliest Catch.

If you find the tallest building you can see on the left side of this photo above, and then look straight down, you will see the SCCA building (and the windows we look out each day). It is a red brick building with the black windows/white trim around them. (below that tallest building and to the left a bit more.)

We also walked thru the Experience Music Project and looked at the Space Needle, but we had to get back for lunch and Terry's appointment, so we couldn't stay long. We saw enough of the project, but we will have to go back to the Space Needle some other day.

After Terry's appointment, Dennis and MaryAnn took us to dinner at China Harbor. We do like Chinese food, we were with good company, it was an interesting building, and we were able to watch the action on Union Lake, so it was a nice evening.

After dinner we took a drive out to the Crittenden Locks. We saw two boats/barges pass thru (one each direction), an otter, and a tall bird :) (whatever it's called), and some pretty landscape. They have a botanical garden, and it is very aromatic. We didn't have time to walk around the gardens because it was getting dark and they were closing and we didn't want to get locked in and have to spend the night there, but we could see, and smell, a lot of pretty landscape around us. We didn't have our camera for this one, sorry!