My Great Uncle Bruce passed away this week. He was a wonderful person, full of heart and humor. He will be missed very much by everyone who knows him.
On another note, Phil and I took a drive last weekend. We thought it would be fun to drive out to Pyramid Lake (about 30 miles north of our home) and take a few pictures. When we got there, Phil decided we should try and drive to the OTHER side of the lake. So we followed the road, but there was only a dirt road to get to the other side of the road and we had my car, not the best off roading vehicle. So we thought we'd see what was out just a bit further on the road. And a bit further...and a bit further than that. Phil was absolutely sure that the highway we were on would either lead back to I-80 over by Lovelock (which is about 70 miles east of Sparks, where we live) or it would come out just south of Susanville California (about 130 miles North West of our house). So we kept on driving just sure we would end up in one of those places. We saw signs for some towns up ahead so we kept going thinking they would have a small diner or something along the way. Well the towns were so small we didn't realize we went through a town until we were well past i! We drove for miles! We came to the Black Rock Desert, where they hold the Burning Man event each year. It was very white and dusty and there is absolutely nothing there!!! Our entire drive up until this point was looking at the high desert and mountains. There were some storm clouds and the clouds were low covering the tips of the mountains and we even passed through a few heavy rain spots.
When we drove past the Black Rock, the landscape began to change. The dirt turned into this beautiful red color. It looked a lot like clay. The trees changed and the small shrubs became more prevalent. Again we drove for miles. As we drove I realized that we were going more north west and that we were probably going in the direction of Susanville. I finally found a map in the car and found the road that we were on. Not only were we going Northwest I found out that the road we came out on was only 48 miles from the Oregon boarder!!!
We finally got to a town called Cedarville. It was very small. We decided to head back. Being 8 months pregnant and sitting in the car for about 4 hours already was pretty tiring. We went through and stopped at the Cedarville National Park. We stopped to take a few pictures (since that was the entire idea behind going to Pyramid Lake) and continued on our way over to Alturas and then eventually to Susanville to eat. When we got to Susanville we were 139 miles north of Reno. It was a very very long day and a very long drive.
We got home around 6pm.
About an hour later my Dad called to tell us that my mom went to the ER room. I asked we should go down there but they said they had it handled. About an hour after that my Dad called again but he told me that my mom was waiting for care flight to take her over to Kaiser in Sacramento. So we rushed down to the hospital (luckily the hospital is only about 3 miles from our house and from my parents house). My mom didn't look too bad when I got there. She was on all kinds of medication. They finally figured out what has been going on with her for months. Phil and I were kind of mad they couldn't help her at the local hospital and that they were sending her back to the place that messed her up in the first place.
So Phil and I were able to visit with her for a little while before she was taken off for her flight. She ended up having surgery in the wee hours of the morning and when I spoke with my dad on Monday he said that she was sleeping but her recovery was going so much better than the surgery she had 2 years ago (almost exactly). They took our her gallbladder, fixed her hernia and fixed the air that she had going in her colon and removed the tissue that was attaching itself to other organs.
I talk to her everyday now and she sounds great! She might be able to come home early next week sometime.
Its been a very emotional week.
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