Day 206, Year 6 The Waiting Game
Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Weather: Heavy Rain Overnight, Beautiful Day; 73 degrees F
Location: Lightkeepers Marina, Little River, South Carolina

Mark had his appointment with the urologist this morning, but as we suspected, there are no quick answers. We just have to play the waiting game. The good thing is that the urologist loves sailing and public radio, so he and Mark have plenty to talk about. There is no bad thing yet, just the waiting. The doctor took out the catheter and made an appointment for a cystoscopy for Friday. This little exploration will allow the doctor to view the inside lining of the bladder and urethra to give him a better idea of what is happening. At that point, hopefully we will know more. We returned home, but had to go back to the urologist later in the day to have the catheter reinserted. That plumbing is just not working right but we simply have to wait until Friday to find out anything new.

In the meantime, we are enjoying life here. I am reporting the location of Windbird in South Carolina, but we are staying at my sister’s home across the border in North Carolina. The backyard is adjacent to Hole 13 on the Meadowlands Golf Course which provides a great place to walk early in the morning and again in the evening when the golfers go home. My brother-in-law has a bluebird bird house in the backyard and the babies just left the nest. They are still hanging around, almost as if they want back in the bird house. There are many other kinds of land birds and a few herons. So I’ll be able to bird watch from the back deck.

We visited Windbird twice today. Well, actually I visited once and then both Mark and I returned later. When we got to the doctor’s office in Myrtle Beach this morning they needed his Medicare Card. He didn’t have it with him, so I had to make one trip to the boat to get it. We returned later to pick up a few more things that we need here. But I think any serious boat work will be put off until next week. Right now we are just enjoying a little R & R with family.

110518 Day 206 The Carolinas, USA–Backyard Birds