The Best Laid Plans

Things have been in a bit of an uproar since we got a call on Tuesday afternoon from Carey. She had had an attack of phlebitis while she and Sarah were waiting for the train - five minutes til it got there! - and she had to go to the emergency room, so they missed it. Though it is a bad attack, painwise, unless there is some deep vein thrombosis, for which she had already been tested a week before and will be tested again on Friday, the emergency room doctor told her that as soon as her leg stopped throbbing and the blood clot went down, she could travel. However, getting out of Montana other than by car or on foot can be a bit challenging, to say the least. The earliest they could get reserved again on the train would have been Monday, the 8th, to the tune of $3,000 round trip for the three of them. Under the circumstances, it was decided that John should accompany them, so the best and earliest and cheapest way they could get out was on a flight from Great Falls, not available until the 11th, but at 1/3 the cost of the train. So, they will all three be coming then and hopefully Carey's little leg will be okay. She said at this point, she's ready to have it amputated. One darn thing after another with that girl sometimes. It's hard not to worry about her. But there was no deep vein thrombosis the first time and her doctor feels pretty confident that there isn't this time, either; though to be safe they will do the sonogram again. Yes to that.