Memorial Day

Sunday. Memorial Day weekend. Today after church we drove to NC to gather with the clan at Willy & Cecelia's. The cactus are in bloom at Davis Lakes near the entry.

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The trip to NC was about 20 miles. They have a pool.

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The pool was great, the weather great, the visit and chat terrific.
Glenn in the pool.

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We said our "See-Ya Laters" at 6 pm.

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That's all from Suffolk today.

Norfolk Botanical Garden

Wednesday Sylvia needed to see the Doctor at 8 am to ingest the camera and have the receiver and computer placed about her. With that completed we had 8 hours to wait for the camera to do it's thing. We decided to visit "Norfolk Botanical Gardens".
The gardens are near the airport. The Rose Garden is large.

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We gardens have a tram and knowledgeable guide. The tour is about 1/2 hour long and stops many times. Glenn does not know the names of the flowers. Just enjoy the color.

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We have a picture of Glenn & Sylvia on the bridge.

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Another view of the flowers.

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We returned to Portsmouth, VA to have lunch with Sylvia's sister, Wendy.
After lunch we returned to the RV to let the dog's out. We need to return to Portsmouth at 4 pm to have the computer removed. We will know the outcome on Friday.

5 pm, Emilee and Cecil invited us to dinner. We had a great meal and visit.
That's all from Suffolk.

Jamestown Settlement, VA

Today Sylvia and I visited Jamestown Settlement. The road was over the bridge.

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and threw the tunnel.

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The GPS delivered us to a dead end road on the wrong side of the inlet. Glenn returned to the main road and found the Settlement.

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The Indian Village was first.

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The inside of the hut.

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The village square.

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A deer hide being worked on.

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The ship "Susan Constance"

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Sleeping quaters.

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The "Hold" down 3 decks.

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The Jamestown Fort.

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The new "Governors House" under construction. New excavations have given the demensions.

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The lady with a gun.

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Inside the church.

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Lady blacksmith, making nails.

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Lady dressed in "Formal Indian Dress" from the 1600 era. A fishing net is being made on the frame.

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We came home on the ferry.

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The other ferry.

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This side of the James river is farm land.

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A nice country road without traffic.

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A unique house in the city on Smithfield, VA

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A great time out to Jamestown Settlement.

The weekend

Saturday was the dinner at Davis Lakes Campground. Sylvia made a yellow cake with Chocolate frosting. The Beef was supplied and cooked by Davis Lakes. We had to bring a side dish and an appetite. The band is "Over Due".

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The crowd was large.

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The campground is at capacity. New friends and neighbors.
We drove to Wendy's to visit with Billy and her. Wendy lives in the township of Franklin out in the farmland. We visited, watched the Hummingbirds, and watched the children play in the pool..
We received a call, Aunt Doris was taken to the hospital with chest pains. We drove to the hospital, in Suffolk, and met the remainder of her family there. They stabilized Aunt Doris and were trying to evaluate the problem. The hospital wanted to admit her for observation. Aunt Doris signed herself out and went home at midnight.
This morning we attended church. After church we attended the "Fly-in" at Suffolk Air Port. When we arrived the show was packing up. The weather had changed and the showers had started. Glenn did get a few pictures.

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We drove to Aunt Doris's to see how she was doing. She had dinner on the table so we had to eat. We spent the remainder of the day with her. We returned to the RV.
That's it from Suffolk.

Changes

Wednesday Sylvia had another blood draw. This is a followup to the Blood Transfusion of Friday. There is a problem. The decision was made to have Sylvia undergo a "Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy". This will be performed on Wednesday May 26 at Maryview Hospital in Chesapeake, VA. The procedure is trying to locate the apparent Blood loss. The trip North to Chicopee, MA has again been delayed.

Last evening we visited with Aunt Doris, Jimmy and Emilee,and Tom and TJ. We had a great time. We returned to the RV about 10 pm.
Glenn has a picture of "Davis Lakes" at night.

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This picture is from our campsite.
This animal was in our campsite.

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It even turned around.

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Till later.

Friday-Blood Transfusion

Wednesday Sylvia had a blood draw before we had dinner at Cecil and Emilee's. Thursday about 4:15 the Doctor called and said we were to go to Maryview Hospital in Portsmouth, Va to be matched and cross referenced for a Blood Transfusion on Friday. We arrived there about5 pm. The Order was not at the lab. The other areas were closing , the lab will not work without a written order. We returned to the RV.

Friday morning we are up at 6 am. Fed and walked the dogs, ate breakfast, and left the RV about 7:15. We arrived at the Infusion center and the Blood matching was drawn and processed. About 10:am we were notified that there was a problem, Sylvia's blood has "antibodies" and will have to wait for the special blood. Because the "IV" has been installed, Sylvia will have to be admitted "in house". We are moved to a room by 11am. The Nurse began the paperwork for the Transfusion. The first unit arrived at 12:15. Lunch arrived at 1 pm. 3:30 the first unit was completed and the 2nd unit started. We watched the tv and relaxed. Dinner was served at5:30. 6:30 the second unit was installed, The Nurse had all the paperwork completed and Sylvia was released.
We returned to Suffolk. Glenn dropped off Sylvia at Dick & Virginia's house, Aunt Doris is having a Birthday party here.

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The party was on the back deck.

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Aunt Doris and others.

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The cake, one of them.

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We returned to the RV about 10 pm.
Happy trails.

Dinner with Emilee and Cecil

Wednesday, weather warm and we have laundry to wash. We washed the clothes in the RV then dried in the laundry mat. We folded the clothes, put them in the car then went to the Hospital for Sylvia's blood work, this is a followup of the Iron Anemia. They want to see that the iron pills are doing the job.
We drove to Portsmouth,VA to Cecil & Emilee's home to visit and have dinner.

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Cecil and Emilee working in the kitchen.

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The meal, actually only part of the meal. what a feast it was.

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The cleanup with Sylvia and Joan.

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Other gusts were Jimmy, Joan and Buddy.

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Enilee has the table back in shape.

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Glenn and Cecil have the recliners weighted down.

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We had a wonderful visit and returned to the RV about 10:30.