As mentioned in the last post, the rest of April and May were focused on various medical needs for Dan, Jill, and Dan’s mother Jean. Initially, the plan was for Jean to get a hip replaced immediately after we arrived back in the Atlanta area. But that was held up indefinitely by some concerns with pulmonary tests. With that delay, Jill looked into getting some long awaited surgery to help with very bad acid reflux. So, basically, our schedules looked something like this:
- April 13 – multiple doctor appts for Jill
- April 14 – Jill medical test
- April 15 – Jill medical test
- April 15 – Dan with Jean for doctor appt
- April 19 – Jean doctor appt
- April 21 – Jill medical test
- April 26 – Jill eye appt
- April 30 – Jill and Jean doctor appts
- May 3 – Dan gets 2nd COVID vaccine and goes thru 24 hours of feeling poor
- May 4 – Jill doctor appts
- May 5 – Jean medical procedure
- May 6 – Jill doctor appt
- May 7 – Dan doctor appt
- May 9 – Dan gets food poisoning, goes to immediate care facility, sick for 48 hours
- May 10 – Jean medical tests
- May 12 – Jill doctor appt
- May 18 – Jill doctor appt and pre-op
- May 19 – Jill surgery
- May 21 – Jean doctor appt
- May 26 – Jean eye appt
So yeah, it was kind of a crazy month of appointments! For the first two weeks, we stayed at the Corps of Engineers site at Victoria Campground. With a 14-day limit, we had to move somewhere else that would still allow us to be relatively close to all the doctor and medical facilities but Atlanta just doesn’t have that many places to chose from. Luckily, thru some friends, we knew of some folks who had land outside of Dallas, GA that had a full hook up arrangement that we could use as needed. And thankfully, they were happy to allow us to set up and camp as long as needed while we took care of our medical needs.
In addition to full hook ups, we also were lucky enough to meet Bob and Janis Garrett and spend time with these wonderful folks. They have some terrific stories and are so generous to allow us to stay at their place. Bob even flew his 1950’s Navy trainer over us one day while we were hanging out. And talking about hanging out, we are also fortunate to be camped next to their very nice pool that we can use whenever needed. Although the weather early on was too cool to get in, it’s a very nice place to sit and enjoy the quiet.
In fact, we visited with friends and relatives around the pool several times during our stay.
Early during out stay in the Atlanta area, we had several visits with the grand girls. On one occasion we visited at their house and had fun out back as well as playing with jello!
Looking pretty 
Skylar head-butting Savannah 
Do we eat it or play with it?
On another day, we all met up at the Atlanta Zoo. In this instance, the highlight was watching the girls watch the animals.
The best visit, by far, was when Chris came to visit with the girls. This was their first experience with Lola and they seemed to enjoy the RV and the pool, and so did we!
Let’s check the water! 
Love to play with balls 
Pop and Skylar 
Where shall we go? 
I’ll drive, you navigate! 
What does this button do? 
Climbing 
Savannah 
Skylar
Before Jill’s surgery, we took advantage of a few open days to travel down to Hilton Head Island and our favorite campground, Hilton Head Island Motorcoach Resort. Our only real desire for this trip was to get one more chance to have some fresh seafood before the heat of summer set in. We had a nice wooded site, great evening lighting, a visit from a tree frog in our awning, and wonderful weather to eat outside!
So nice to get some time with our girls in between all the appointments! And happy to report that all is going well with everyone medically as of the end of May. Jean does not have cancer but instead, some sort of fungus in her lung (Dan thinks it’s because she eats too many mushrooms!) that will take several months of treatment with medication. Dan has promised Jill to stay away from expired deli meat. And Jill is recovering well from her surgery.
After Memorial Day, we will head up into the Georgia and North Carolina mountains for all of June to escape the heat. We are working on getting an appointment for some warranty work to be done in late July or early August and that would mean a trip to Decatur, IN. Until then, July plans are up in the air.