St. Louis Sal

If you have not been to Cartagena look up Marelvy Peña Hall. https://tourincartagena.com/ She does excellent tours. The catamaran tour in Hualtulco is wonderful, but just wandering around the town is enjoyable. Our visit to Antigua was a highlight. My husband doesn’t even care for excursions and he liked this one. He has heart issues but did not find the altitude a problem. A lot of people don’t seem to care for Corinto. My daughter and I were there on a Sunday and enjoyed the craft booths. A couple people went to church at the cathedral. The town happened to have a small parade that day with a band. In Costa Rica we did an aerial jungle tram tour, can’t remember it’s name, but it was a ship excursion. I bought coffee beans everywhere I went, amazing I wasn’t over the weight limit on my luggage! St Louis Sal

@HAL Saileryour description of the tractor accident just gave me chills. My DH used to cut the fields and hills on our farm on his tractor and he would be out there all alone, it always worried me. I hope your DH’s nephew has a good recovery although I’m sure it will be a long one. Prayers for him and your whole family. St Louis Sal

Greetings all from a hot and muggy St Louis today. Sorry I have been gone so long, lots to keep me from the Daily. My DS & BIL came to visit for two weeks and we had a good time, BUT, my sister chose not to wear a mask in the Las Vegas airport or on the plane and several days into our visit she got what she thought was a respiratory infection. She got better, but then my BIL got the same, but also with a fever. They were convinced it was not Covid (my sister had a mild case early in the pandemic). They headed home, but the following week my DDs were sick and tested positive, then I got sick, it was Covid and today my DH tested positive too. Bummer. Doc put my older DD and myself on Paxlovid, which my husband can’t take because of heart issues. So he is on Molnupiravir. Our cases so far haven’t been bad, but even mild cases are not fun. My younger DD is toughing it out. To top off such fun times, we had bad storms come through overnight which took out our electric. Unfortunately, I was in my adjustable bed and the battery did not work, so there I was at 5 in the morning stuck in the bed. (Fortunately there are no videos.) DH could not get me out (did I mention he is in a walking cast for his torn ligament?) so it was a call to the paramedics to come rescue me. They were quite busy, there were extensive power outages all around us. We finally got electric back on around 3 in the afternoon. Never a dull moment around here. Enough bad news for now, I think another nap is in my future. I am keeping all who need them in my prayers 🙏 and a toast to those celebrating. 🥂 Take care all. St Louis Sal

Good afternoon, all! I’ve been lurking only a little and can’t remember when I last commented. So to keep from repeating myself, hopefully, I will just say that I’ve already had two drug trial doses with a third this Monday. I am finding my stamina so much less than last summer. By the time we do an echocardiogram, pulmonary test, strength test, urine test, blood draw and the lumbar puncture, I am not good for anything the next day. I ruined my record of one year+ without a fall and managed to fall twice. I do not wish to meet any more paramedics. My sister & brother-in-law are flying in to St Louis on Monday evening. We will spend a few days here and then head to Branson for a visit. I have been experiencing anxiety the last few days, I think partly from being excited to see my sister, but also, she hasn’t seen me since my ALS diagnosis (and since before Covid). I can’t really be much of a hostess at this point. I know she won’t care, but I do! She’s lucky she did not come to visit this week! Our weather has been atrocious. Thursday there were small tornados all around us, finally the weather moved on and then our electricity went out. We sat for five hours in the dark. Glad we had electric candles and my Kindle was fully charged. Fritz Ernst, our new pup, seemed confused as to why we spent all evening sitting in the dark. Last night I was woken by a huge flash of lightening and crack of thunder. Couldn’t get back to sleep, just listened to the thunder and rain for an hour. This morning-more of the same-quite scary actually as it got dark as night. Right now, more rain, more thunder. Not surprising we have flood warnings. I will try to do some catching up. Love today’s port. We did both the bear excursion and whale watching right after. That was one of our best whale excursions. Wish I had pictures on my IPad. Take care everyone, St Louis Sal

Before our first land/cruise tour, someone with experience suggested to skip it. We ate in the DR at McKinley Chalet. We ordered one entree to split and I got a salad. It was plenty of food. There are more choices there now. We did purchase breakfast in the dining car of the train, but the second time we rode the train, we picked up Subway sandwiches across the road from the hotel (not sure what options are still open after the last two years). I always travel with granola bars for emergency snacking. The snack box on the wilderness tour was good enough. St Louis Sal

I have not been on here for several days and have just heard the news of @kazuJacqui’s great loss. 😢 Although I never met him, Jacqui, your comments and pictures spoke of a very warm and loving person. May your wonderful memories enfold you. Your love affair was awesome. I’m sorry you did not have more time together, but you will be together in eternity. May God bless and keep you always. St Louis Sal

@kazumy heart is breaking for you. Wrapping you and your dearest one in prayer this very moment. St Louis Sal

Good morning, all! I had planned for this to be my first time back in church in person, but I’m finding that if I have one busy day (I went to see “Hamilton” at the theatre and then out to dinner with friends yesterday), the next day needs to be slower. I overslept and there’s no way I can throw on my clothes and race out the door anymore. Maybe next week. So I did online church again. We are celebrating being pet parents again. Fritz Ernst is quite a gentleman, seems to cope well with my power chairs and Frank’s canes and walker. He has started sleeping in his bed in our room at night. Learned quickly that when I (slowly) get out of bed in the morning, Fritz goes out BEFORE I get to go to the bathroom 😂. I am too old for NKOTB. But what I do like is the Wahlberg family pickles! The meal, drink and wine all sound delicious. Prayers for all needing them today (especially the people of Ukraine) 🙏. And a toast to all the celebrations (last night I toasted with a delicious Manhattan). Take care, all St Louis Sal

I agree. This site is very much a come when you can, come as you are kind of place. ❤️ St Louis Sal

@kazuI wonder if this is the sort of chair they are talking about for Jose. They are very expensive, although here in the states my Medicare insurance approved paying the biggest share. Mine has a black carbon graphic for the wheels, etc., I wasn’t in to pink or bright blue or red. It takes a bit of getting used to steering it. Mine also has a companion joystick in the back which allows someone else to push me. It reclines completely, the foot rests raise up. It allows for changes in position so I am not always sitting in the same spot. I laugh (ha ha☹️) because it cost as much as a car, but it does have headlights and a horn. Take care, you are both in my prayers St Louis Sal

Good afternoon, all! I have missed being here, I haven’t even been keeping up with reading so I am way behind on everyone’s news. So first off I had two visits to the hospital to prepare for my upcoming drug trial. My first dose is next Wednesday, wish me luck. I have four doses the first two months and then once a month after. My first two will be with my favorite neurologist, but he is leaving soon. He is from Maine (he did not like summer in St Louis AT ALL!) and he is taking a job at a hospital on the east coast. I will miss him. I also had several other doctor visits to catch up on as well as a visit from occupational therapy and several phone visits with the pulmonologist. Enough! The second reason I have been so busy is we decided to adopt another dog. We’ve been missing our Fritz so much and the house was so quiet. DH and I have been married almost 52 years and never been without a dog (or two and one cat and a lot of birds). Open Door Animal Sanctuary, a local no-kill shelter posted a picture of a dachshund named Fritz whose owner died last month and he was looking for a new home. There were several applications for him and we made our age and handicaps clear, but they chose us, probably because we have no other pets, a fenced in backyard and experience with dachshunds. It was meant to be! We’ve named him Fritz Ernst, he’s a brown mini, 13 years old. He was a little nervous the first few days, but he’s settled in nicely. I will try to get back on track and catch up. In the meantime sending prayers for all who need them and a celebration toast! St Louis Sal