Happy Days?

I would have to answer "YES!"  In fact, it's been a pretty good month!

First, I managed to chase down a long lost friend a while ago.  Best we can figure last time we had contact was somewhere in the 1990's!  We all sat down to dinner here the other evening.  He and I got somewhat caught up on the past 20 ish years, while I pulled together and then during, a rather sumptuous meal.  I had prepared Lasagna, cooking the sauce days ahead in the pressure cooker, assembled and baked fresh that day.  I also made garlic bread from a French loaf, and tossed salad on the side.  I had planned a dessert, but alas, ran out of time before getting that together, though it was not greatly missed.

Our reunion began when I found some of Patrick's posts on Facebook.  There hadn't been recent activity, but I tried anyway... and was soon "friended."  A few weeks later, we were both online at the same time, so I msg'd him, to which he replied, much to my glee.  From there, we exchanged phone numbers, chatted one night, and got together.  Had a brief chat tonight... I will call him and invite him again soon!

My second piece of good news this month was also within a week or so.  Latest bloodwork showed an improvement in my kidney functions!  It's been a long year and painfully slow recovery...  Good news is, that the number that's been spoken most often over these months is the creatinine level, which should be below 1.5 in a healthy body.  When taken to the hosp. ER July of last year, I was up to 12.0.  After one round of dialysis, and complete new prescription regimen for my other long term ailments, my diagnosis was chronic stage 3 kidney failure.  After the fact, the dialysis port was removed, and some dietary changes, numbers have continued to improve...  My primary doc was amazed, as he shared the news that my creatinine was 1.51 last check, which would have been about 3 weeks ago when the blood was drawn.  .01 and I'm back in the "normal" range!  High end of, but I'll take it for sure! 

So, YES, it's been happy days, and a happy month!  I also got a phone call yesterday from daughter of one of my folks' good friend/neighbor, and she's back out here in Phoenix again.  Something must have come up, as she didn't stop by today as she thought she might.  I'm in hopes of catching up on her mom's well being and just what's been happening for the last couple of years.

Again, happy days!  Be well!