Dawn HH Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 Hi guys and dolls:wavey: Mickey is slowly getting back to her driving now, which is good as we need to have someone to be able to drive as there is only the two of us. Her new brace seems to be doing her a lot of good as she only has a bit of pain in her leg once in a while, not 24/7 as before. She still needs a wheel chair for longer distances such as at a shopping maul and her walker for very short distances. The spectre of her leg coming off still looms in the future at this time. Last evening, after a very long period of time, we were able to take our 1935 Chevrolet to a cruise-in and have some good food, good music, and good conversation. We both really enjoyed ourselves as most of our outings lately have been to the doctors, hospitals, re-hab homes, and specialists. Our car is always the hit of the show with everybody. We have a tour coming up in September for a week through Virginia and West Virginia and are hoping that we can make that one for sure as we missed some tours, car shows, and cruise-ins the last couple of seasons. NNow for me!!! IIt seems that Dawn HH will be heading for some sserious surgery on my spine on May 15. I have oosteo-arthritis in my spine in 3 places. The surgeon will go in to put a rod in to bridge the gaps on the spine that are being eaten away. My right leg is too far gone to allow any improvement from the surgery so all they can do is to have me wear a leg brace from the knee down for the rest of my life to allow me to walk in a better fashion. I hate to say it, but I guess my high heel wearing days are coming to an end after being able to do so for many decades. Maybe I still might be able to wear them around the house where I can grab the walls and furniture for support. Time will tell. BUMMER!!! My left leg is starting to go the way of the right one but the surgeon is positive that the spine surgery will improve that and I should be able to walk O.K. again. I can't drive with my leg brace on so I take it with me when I drive and put it on when I park the car. As the Brits would say, both Mickey and I are keeping a stiff upper lip and forging ahead to the future. Cheers--- Mickey68 Dawn HH High Heeled Boots Forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba136 Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Thak you Dawn for your update. Your news of Mickey is very encouraging. Please rest asured that as you undergo procedures to make your life more comfortable, know that our love, thoughts and prayers are with you. And know in your heart for certain, that our Lord has you in his hands and will see you through your ordeal until you are back with us safe, healthy and happy once again. Regards to Mickey. Until next time, old friends, remember we are as close as your computer. Ready, willing and able to help in anyway we can. John Being mentally comfortable in your own mind is the key to wearing heels in public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrimper Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Yeah, what Bubba said. Dawn its good to hear from you and Mickey. Bless you both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyb Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 DawnHH My thoughts and prayers are with you and Mickey and that you will be good as new soon. Take care billyb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn HH Posted May 8, 2008 Author Share Posted May 8, 2008 Hey friends:-) Mickey had an appointment today at her bone specialist on her leg. He was impressed that her incision has finally completely closed over and has stopped seeping daily. Since this has happened, I don't have to clean and dress it daily and it makes it much easier for her to shower since it doesn't have to be covered when she does. The specialist has also changed his decision that her leg must eventually come off so it can stay on for now. If it begins to open up and seep daily again, we are to contact him immediately about it. So it appears that things are starting to finally look up for a change. So now it has been declared that she can go and get a new pair of diabetic walking shoes. Mickey is happy about that. Sorry---no heels. She is not very happy about that. I don't blame her, I wouldn't be either. Mickey will have to continue to wear her leg brace, but she has started to transfer from a wheelchair to her walker and she has some errands to do tomorrow so it will give her a bit more practice driving while I will be at work. Her next appointment will be on June 26 just two days before our 40th wedding anniversary. As for me, I picked up my leg brace last Thursday and guickly found out that I can't drive with it on. I drive where I am going with the brace on the seat and I put it on when I get there. There is always ways around things, I guess. Cheers--- Dawn HH High Heeled Boots Forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba136 Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Wow, some significant gains, Dawn. Glad to hear about them. Very encouraging to day the least. Please let Mickey know that we're all cheering for her (and you). Keep us posted. Being mentally comfortable in your own mind is the key to wearing heels in public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn HH Posted May 22, 2008 Author Share Posted May 22, 2008 Well friends, Dawn HH has had his major back surgery & is home for his long ROAD TO RECOVERY. The surgery & p/t went well, in fact he was ahead of the schedule for therapy, so that is why he was able to come home in 5 days. Not bad for a 73 old FART!!! TEE HEE He does have a home care nurse & a physical therapist starting this week & after a work out he sure is in a lot of PAIN. But with medication & a lot of TLC that will pass away. Must get around with the use of a walker - so now we have HIS & HER WALKERS. Dawn must wear a back brace till he sees his surgeon on his 2nd visit - he does not sleep in it. It gives him the strength he needs to support his back to stand & move around. So now that since he was fitted with a leg brace & his back brace we are off & running, well maybe not running & surely not STREETHEELING! TOOTLES!!! Mickey68 Dawn HH High Heeled Boots Forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrimper Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 -snip- Must get around with the use of a walker - so now we have HIS & HER WALKERS. Dawn must wear a back brace till he sees his surgeon on his 2nd visit - he does not sleep in it. It gives him the strength he needs to support his back to stand & move around. So now that since he was fitted with a leg brace & his back brace we are off & running, well maybe not running & surely not STREETHEELING! TOOTLES!!! Mickey68 Dawn HH Too bad the streetheeling has to wait til next week. 8<)) Bless you both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyb Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Hey DawnHH why don't you paint some heels on the side those walkers and say you are still street heeling:w00t2: Hope all is going well and get well soon, you are still in our thoughts and payers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn HH Posted July 7, 2008 Author Share Posted July 7, 2008 Hi Ho, everybody:-) On Mickey's latest doctor check-up, her surgeon says that her leg and foot are still looking good and he has temporarily changed his mind and says that she can keep her leg and foot unless things change radically in the future. This is great news for her and changed her attitude considerable for the future. We only hope that these conditions stay the same or improve for later on. Her doctor would never let her have wheels on her walker as he maintained that it would be very dangerous for her. He now has said that she can graduate to a new set of wheels which we have had installed for her the other day. Mickey is quite happy about this. We now have replaced the rear skids on both walkers with nylon and rubber skids which makes navigating in public much easier and now we can have walker races between us. Mickey has had her walker a lot longer than I, but she still losses every time. Mine is the sport model you know and is a bit faster. TEE HEE!!! As for me---I just had my 2nd check-up from my surgeon on the 3rd of July and he says that I am ahead of schedule in my recovery, but must still wear my back brace until my 3rd visit to him on August 15th, He says that I can begin to drive again now. I didn't tell him that I had been driving for about a week before my 2nd appointment out of neccessity. Mickey took out the drain pipe on our rain system backing out of the driveway and damaged the car on one side on one day, had a near miss in traffic the next day, and took out a pole at the drugstore the third day and damaged the other side of the car. She hasn't driven since as I said that I would drive from then on which made our car feel much better about the situation as It begins to shake uncontrollably whenever it hears Mickey say that she may drive that day. TEE HEE!!! We have insurance on everyone else, but since that car is 21 years old, the insurance company won't give us collision insurance on us. That is the car that Mickey prefers to drive as she says that our Marauder is too fast for her to handle, so that is the car that I use. My body man says that to correct both sides of the car will cost us $1,000.00 out of our pocket, (Out of Mickey's allowance). We are both looking forward to our vacation with our 1935 Chevrolet in the first week of September, which isn't all that far off, as we have missed the last 2 years vacations because of health problems, and we expect to be able to go and have a lot of fun doing it. It sure is nice to be able to finally see a light at the end of the tunnel and to know that it isn't the train. TEE HEE!!! Cheers--- Mickey68 Dawn HH High Heeled Boots Forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba136 Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Hey, Dawn! Appreciate the "up-date." Nice to hear the great news about both you and Mickey, The way things are going, both of you will soon be back here regularly again, We are eagerly looking forward to that. Being mentally comfortable in your own mind is the key to wearing heels in public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyb Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Dawn It is so good that things are going well for you two and it's great to see you posting again a BIG welcome back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn HH Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 Thanks billyb---your welcome back is appreciated by both Mickey and myself. It's good to be back again. Hope we can stay longer this time. Cheers--- Mickey68 Dawn HH High Heeled Boots Forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn HH Posted September 5, 2008 Author Share Posted September 5, 2008 Hi everybody!!! Just a quick note to let you all know what has been happening since my last post of August 3rd. Mickey's leg opened up again, but she is doing fine and is healing well. Accomplished some much needed house hold repairs. Our web went out for a period of time and it took forever to get it up and running again. We had to replace some of our equipment. The transmission lines were dug up on two different occasions and may have to be dug up once again. We have been rushing the final repairs on our 1935 Chevrolet so that it would be ready for this years Early Six-Cylinder Tour with the Vintage Chevrolet Club. I have been busy packing the car and we leave for the tour tomorrow Friday, September 5th. So we will be off the web until we get back and I can catch up once again on my posting with you all. It seems that all I get done lately is catching up on my posting. Heres to happy motoring, we hope, and to future posting when we get back home again. Chers--- Dawn HH Mickey68 High Heeled Boots Forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnieheel Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Have a great time on your tour Dawn and Mickey68. Watch out for those stop sign runners. Maybe, if your heading up this way we'll run in to you all. Just a figure of speach.lol BTW, got vintage plates for my truck last week. Much cheaper than personalized. Have fun on your run friend. real men wear heels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn HH Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 Good news to all--- We are back from the Early six cylinder tour with the Vintage Chevrolet club of America. With all of our physical problems we have had in the last couple of years, it was good that we could get away and enjoy another trip with all of our friends on the tour that we hadn't seen for quite a while. Mickey's leg once again has healed over and looks good. She has had her appointment with her surgeon since coming back and he is pleased with her progress and we are hoping for the status quo on it for the future. Our tour car is 74 years old and performed flawlessly and extremely well for the 1,000 miles we put on it from the time we left home until we returned. We climbed the highest mountains in Penna., Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia in high gear. We went through the rains of Hurricane Hanna on the way down and through the rains of Hurricane Ike on the way back, having to pull of of the Interstate for an hour and a half because it rained so hard that I couldn't see to drive and our windows were steaming up. To make things worse, one of our headlights and one of our taillights burned out and made driving even hairier. After the rain lessened we were able to continue our journey home without incident. We won an award at a car show on the way down in Stevens City, Virginia at White Post Restorations, (again in an all day rain), and another award on the tour for the most popular car and co-geneality couple. We are back and I am slowly cleaning up the car a bit each day back to its former glory. I am able to return back to work at the Science Center starting on Monday, the 22nd after being off for 4 months for my back surgery. It will be good to be back and the trains need my expertise in their repairs. As soon as I get rested up a bit more, I will return to my posting on the HH Place. Cheers--- Dawn HH Mickey68 High Heeled Boots Forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyguy Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Good to hear you're both safe and sound. Even better that you had a good trip despite the hurricanes. Best of all is hearing you are back to work, and looking to post here again soon. Glad to have you back DawnHH and Mickey He was so narrow minded he could see through a keyhole with both eyes. Brown's Law: If the shoe fits, it's ugly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba136 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Welcome Home, Dawn and Mickey! Being mentally comfortable in your own mind is the key to wearing heels in public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thighbootguy Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Dawn and Mickey - It's absolutely great to hear that your back from your long trip and that all is going well (with both of you and the car). And speaking for a bunch of neglected Lionel trains, its great that you are back at the Science Center. Your both in my thoughts a lot, Dave I dream of a world where chickens can cross roads without having their motives questioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnieheel Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 That is soooo good to hear Dawn. First of all I am glad to hear Mickey's lag is doing so well and pray that there is no more probablems in the future. 2nd, It is really good to hear you 2 had a safe and rewarding trip. You deserved it. 3rd, glad your going back to work. I know the science center has probably missed you and you them. God Bless my friend and have a greast day. Johnie and Ruthheel. real men wear heels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn HH Posted October 2, 2008 Author Share Posted October 2, 2008 Johnieheel:-) Thanks for your comments on Mickey's leg. Much appreciated and our sentiments exactly. The tour was grand and we both enjoyed it immensely. Yes---I'm glad to be back at the science center and back to work. I like my job there. I'm on my 14th year there now. Cheers--- Dawn HH High Heeled Boots Forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn HH Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 Hi everybody:-) Happy Birthday to me...Happy Birthday to me...Happy Birthday, Happy Birthdayyyyyyyyy...Happy Birthday to Meeeeeeee. Cheers--- Dawn HH High Heeled Boots Forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyguy Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Happy birthday DawnHH and many many more to follow He was so narrow minded he could see through a keyhole with both eyes. Brown's Law: If the shoe fits, it's ugly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn HH Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 Shyguy:-) Thanks ever so much for your Birthday greetings. In one way today is a very special day and in other ways just an ordinary day for Dawn HH. Both Mickey and I had early afternoon doctor appointments and then I came home and cleaned up the leaves and cut the grass. Then I topped it all off by collecting and putting out the garbage for tomrrow and now I'm posting to all of you guys and gals. One more year to make three quarters of a century. Cheers--- Dawn HH High Heeled Boots Forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba136 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 you can't keep a good man (or woman) down, Dawn. Congratulations Being mentally comfortable in your own mind is the key to wearing heels in public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneehighs Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAWN!!! Feminine Style . Masculine Soul. Skin In The Game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackman69 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAWN hope today was great for you and hope you got everything you wished for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vector Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dawn HH!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn HH Posted October 15, 2008 Author Share Posted October 15, 2008 Thanks guys for the Birthday wishes which are well received. Your a great bunch of guys. Thanks all. Cheers--- Dawn HH High Heeled Boots Forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhoj62 Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 happy birthday dawnHH i hope you had a good day cheers john the higher the boot, the higher the heel, the better the feeling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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