Saturday I knew I had a UTI and I had been treating it and hoping for the best because after all, we were leaving bright and early Sunday morning. At 3:30 in the morning I knew very seriously I was not going to be able to travel without medical help so I had Butch take me to ER. You cannot imagine how much I did NOT want to wake him up with this bad news but I was in a great deal of pain that I could not make magically go away They asked where I was on the pain scale and I said a 6 or 7. They took a urine sample., tested it and told me I had a bad infection. I told them I was allergic to Amoxicillin or at least I think I am due to my last visit to this same ER. Didn't want to go through that again. So they gave me a big old shot of something to replace it. Butch said it was HUGE. The nurse told me it would hurt to have the shot, but it would get me off on the right road to recovery. It did not hurt getting the shot but it did later. I was quite glad he had warned me and I must say I have had much worse pain than that. So they also said I must take another medication twice a day for 10 days and be checked out as soon as possible when we get back to Iowa. Now by this time, it is 5:00 am and I need to get a prescription filled. So we finally found a Walgreens in McAllen and got it filled getting back home by 6:00. Butch said we may as well get ready and go. I was a mess as I had not had any sleep since 1:00 am, still in pain. And Butch was going to be short on sleep as well. Butch assured me he could handle it. This is a guy who used to have to go out in the middle of the night to restore electricity and then go work a regular shift so I knew he was able and he has always been good about saying so if he didn't think it was a good idea. So off we go, headed north at 7:30 am.
I was absolutely no use to him. And then it gets worse! Everything was okay getting to our first destination except for a couple of traffic delays. We had reservations at Hof Brau RV Park near Marble Falls. We were so anxious to get there and finally be able to rest. There was no one in attendance and a sign said NO Vacancy and we drove around and it was full. And it was full of full-timers (people living in their RV). We had a RESERVATION! I plan to write a review and fully unload. It will not be pretty. So I found another one nearby and we checked it out but it was just a smaller and dirtier version of the first one. So we settled for the Walmart parking lot. We had stayed there before and we were both so tired it really didn't matter where we were. I went to bed at 6:00pm and stayed there until 6:00am. Worth every minute and I am feeling so much better. Butch slept well and long too.
Marble Falls Texas to Thackerville OK.
Today was a very pleasant travel day. Listening to a wonderful book by John Irving-A Widow for One Year. I like all his books. Good writing rises above the rest.
We have had supper, played a little at the casino and will soon be tucked in.
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