News from Red Wing

Well, Anderson kids...I have joined the angiogram group...only Judy is left.
Had an angiogram at the U of M yesterday. Kind of good news, have a 60% blockage in one area and 70-80% blockage in another area....hard to explain but the 70% blockage is in a lower area of the artery and they don't make stents that small to fix it and also it is on the end of the artery. (Doctor talk) This is probably what is causing some tightness when I walk, dance etc. At this time I have to have additional medication, walk more plus watch my diet. Figure I can do that except I don't tolerate medication very well. Crazy thing...I had a nuclear stress test in July....I thought I had passed it but my Dr. could see that their was a change from before and that was confirmed by the radiologist. He compared it to my test taken 3 years ago and said there was definitely some change...consequently the angiogram. Left at 5 yesterday morning....had my test at 10ish...in the room by 12ish, laid very still for 2 hours and on my way home by 2:30. Told me I could stay longer but figured I could sleep at home as well as the hospital. Lisa was at the hospital with us....told her to go to work but her company (Medtronic) and her boss are very good about letting his staff off for family. It helps having someone younger to comprehend what the Doctor is saying....My nurse (AL) is trying to keep me somewhat quiet today, I am confined to my chair ....went down the hall to Sterlings for coffee this morning and he found me. Right now he is putting our sweet pickles away in the laundry room.....we canned them on Thursday (4 quarts and 26 pints) Mom's sweet pickles....we got beautiful cukes at the farmer's market in Alexandria .....so made dills, bread and butter and now finished the sweets. Just call us the Thies pickle factory.
Thanks Orrin for sending the papers on the Veteran's memorial in Hardwick. Very nice.
We are headed to Waukon for Al's class reunion over Labor Day...and then hopefully, the phone will ring and I will beable to do some subbing again in Special Ed at any off the schools in Red Wing. Al will most definitely be subbing again at the high school...they have already told him they will be calling him. Gives us money to spend in Arizona......
Enough rambling. Please keep writing on the blog....feel we are more connected if we can at least keep each other up to date on our lives.....
Love to all....
Jan, the third girl....