We made the trip to Michigan with minor difficulty. As soon as we walked out the door on the house, it was snowing heaver. The roadways had not been salted or cleared. The interstate that runs through our county was not salted or cleared either so the roadway was slick. We drove very slow and carefully with our emergency flashers because large semi trucks were going faster and then sliding in a fishtail. We saw several vehicles go off the road on the opposite direction. There was no place to turn around safely for many miles between exits. We do not have a cell phone so we could not call the state troopers. I did watch to see if anyone was stopping that was behind the vehicles that slide off roadways to assist them till we were out of site. I didn’t see anyone stop. It is sad to feel that no one cares anymore for a fellow motorist.

After we crossed our county line the interstate had been salted and the snow cleared even on the other roads we had to travel. It was like that all the way to my brother in law’s house and then to the hospital. It is so nice to have a state and other counties be more responsible than our county. It took us over an hour more to go up to Michigan than when we returned because of our county.

We were so surprised to see my brother in law sitting up in the hospital bed and smiling. He said that the surgery went very well and the bile was drained out and the nurse was going to remove the bag. The surgeon came in and told him that he was going to let him go home. I stated a loud WOW! The surgeon told us that since Ed was doing so well and knew what needed to be done at home, should be no problem. That if there were any problems that arose to call him.

After getting my brother in law home, his adoptive parents invited us to eat with them before we left to come back home. They served Stouffer’s vegetarian lasagna, whole wheat dinner rolls and pumpkin pie. I have never had vegetarian lasagna. I was pleasantly surprised with the taste. I opted out of eating the slice of pumpkin pie. I didn’t want to have a high blood sugar while driving home at night as it affects my vision.

Our visit was lovely even under the circumstances. We promised to come back soon. My brother in law will be out of work till some time in January. I know he will be going crazy sitting around home so much. He does have a lot of electronic gizmos to keep him occupied. He was sad when we had to say goodbye, but we could tell he was getting tired. His dad went to go get his prescription filled for the antibiotic as we left too. We pray he keeps doing so well after being so sick with the bile that had built up in his system that is now drained. He will have to continue to eating a special diet low in fat as the bile duct is to remove the fat from his system.
I am glad to be home. My own body is still tired from traveling so much in one day.