I had planned on going to Michigan's Upper Peninsula with 2 girlfriends in August, but we cancelled that sight seeing trip for serveral reasons, and it turned out to be a really smart decision. I had to make 2 other treks up to my home state as it turned out.
First of all, my Mom hurt her back, and so my sister and I went up for a few days to help care for her, my 91-year-old Grandmother, and my Dad who was still recovering from hip replacement surgery a few weeks earlier. We learned later that my Mom has arthritis in her back, and so it is just something she is going to have to watch and take care of. If she over-exerts herself, it can get inflamed and cause horrible pain.
Then last weekend, I went back up to Michigan. My Dad was hospitalized with blood clots in his leg. This happens after he has surgery sometimes. They take him off blood thinners before the surgery, and it takes a while for his blood to get back to where they want it afterwards. He came home on Labor Day, and I stayed until early Wednesday morning and then came back home to Indy. They all seemed to be doing much better when I left. In fact, Tuesday was a lot of fun. We took a "3-hour tour" (a drive that lasted more like 5 hours) North along the Lake Huron coast and got to see lots of my favorite waters, the Great Lakes. (sigh!) So it was a nice stress reliever after our few days of stress and hospital visits, etc.
I'm hoping my next trip to Michigan is just for a fun visit though!
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