Jan 15,16,17 Repairing Ranger and Grand kids

Last week Kevin had pretty much disassembled the Ranger so we could change out carrier bearing and check the clucthes .  The carrier bearing came in on Friday. With the rear end jacked up we checked the clutch action and it looked good. Upon inspection we found two cross braces on frame severely bent. That's what caused carrier bearing to fail. The plastic skid plate is really pretty useless.After taking all the body off and floor boards and skid plate it is obvious that to properly clean this it must come apart. It looked clean but we found lots of sand in hidden places.   Kyle,Kristen and kids came in Friday night. Kyle and Kevin worked on their old green deer lease truck. They want to put a different carburetor on it but having a hard time getting the right spacer. Still got the wrong one even thou the box stated it would fit.We worked all day on Ranger, the carrier bear was galded on shaft so the drive shaft had to be pulled. We had to heat up cross braces and beat them back down with sledge hammer. On Sunday we got it all put back together. The kids had a big time playing both days. Luke is starting to walk and he is funny to watch. They all left Sunday and it sure was quiet in the house afterward.

Nana and Luke

Luke Peyton

Getting some toys out

Bent cross member where carrier bearing goes

repaired

Peyton helping

Jan 9,10,11 2016 Lukes Birthday and a Hospital Stay

 We picked Mom up Saturday morning and headed up to Bryan for Luke's 1st Birthday. It was a little warm when we left Liberty but was cold when we got to Bryan. About  46 degrees with a 20 mph wind.  Luke is starting to walk pretty good. If he is in a hurry will drop and crawl. He had a good time with everyone there. We headed home and arrived about 6:00 pm.   I was tired and went to bed around 8. Things got strange after this.  Susan woke me up somewhere around 8:30. She was asking me where a ring on her finger had come from.and  that something was wrong. After I kinda woke up I looked at the ring and said we picked that up[ yesterday in Baytown. She said she didn't remember going to Baytown. I then asked her do you remember what we did today and she couldn't remember. As it turned out she could not remember any events of the last year, She didn't know the day,year or month. She didn't know who the president was (that might be nice). She did remember people,names and relationships. Sh knew places and where she was. Physically she looked fine. I called my daughter in law Lori (shes a pharmacist) asked her what she thought.We went thru the signs of a stroke and she passed every one.I took her blood pressure 3 times and it was perfect.  Lori said she still needed to go to an ER and have a CT scan as there could be bleeding in the brain. We got dressed and head to San Jacinto Methodist in Baytown. All the way there Susan repeated the same questions and answers about every 3 minutes. Exact the same thing. Wow, what a ride. Adam met us at the ER. They evaluated her and took her straight in and did a ct scan first thing. The Er doc then evaluated her,  took blood and urine samples. The scan came back fine. They decided to admit her to the hospital and we went to a room. I then ran home to get us some clothes and headed back. About 3:00 am some of her memory was coming back.  The ER doc gave an initial diagnosis of Transient Global Amnesia.  We got maybe 3 hrs of sleep. When we got up Sunday morning Susan had recovered most a of her memory. She still was missing about 5 hrs starting around 8:30.  The last thing she remembered was sitting in her chair eating peanut butter and then waking up in hospital wondering how she got there and why.   They did a mental assessment and she passed easily.(my answers wouldn't have passed).  They did a MRI and a echocardigram.  All the test results came back fine. The only thing all 4 Dr's agreed on was it was not a stroke.  The neurologist said that Transient Global Amnesia was very rare and he had only seen one case in his career (and hes about 65). He thinks this will probably never happen again. We got home Monday night just in time to watch the Alabama Clemson game.

Dec 31, 2015 Travel Day Home and New Years Eve

Our plans changed and instead of going to Bandera for New Years we headed home. Susan had forgot that she had signed up for a Quilt Retreat for three days. My day didn't start well as I got my truck stuck in front of the trailer. Reagan pulled me out and I manged to hook up at an angle. We got on the road about 8:30. I stopped in Kerrville to get diesel.  The first station was way too small to get in. The second station the pump was broke. Finally at the third station I was able to fill up.  Kerrville is not a rv friendly place to fill up.  We went down the road a little ways and stopped in Comfort for breakfast. It was uneventful the rest of the way home and we arrived at 4:30. Instead of partying in Bandera we had a quiet evening at home and I was in bed by 8. I was so tired.  Happy New Years