Oct 11, 2019
We didn’t sleep well, thinking about Ann and her condition. Debbie texted her and she learned that Ann was slated for surgery this morning. Debbie continued to do some cleaning and I had a few other things that needed attention. This kept us busy until about 1200.
As we were having lunch Debbie mentioned that she did not feel right being in Ann’s house while she is in Halifax by herself waiting for surgery. She had texted Ann and learned that the surgery had been postponed until 9:00 this evening. I also felt the same about the situation and we decided that we would leave here and travel to Halifax to be with Ann. Some of Ann’s local friends were planning to go to the Celtic Colors tonight. Ann had purchased tickets for us to go and they invited us to go with them, but we called them and told them that we would be going to Halifax instead. We closed the house up, said goodbye to the dogs and departed.
The five-hour drive to Halifax was uneventful. The long weekend traffic was building, particularly traffic moving north into Cape Breton. We arrived at the QE2 Hospital at about 8:30pm and dropped off Debbie. I went to the local Municipal Campground at Shubie Park to secure a campsite. After unhitching the trailer and returning to the Hospital, I learned that the surgery had been postponed until tomorrow. This was not the best of news for Ann and she was quite upset. We stayed with her for the next two hours, until her pain medication took effect and we said goodnight to her. We hope she will have a good rest. Hopefully the surgery will take place tomorrow.
As we drove back to the campground, we noticed that this end of town was completely in the dark and was experiencing a power outage. The gates to the campground were not functioning and the manger had to be called out to manually lift the barriers so we could get in. We were both quite tired and fell asleep immediately.
Quilting in a Kayak 