BANDITFARMER
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Back at the end of August me and dad were finishing hooking up the light on the new flat bed I bought to put on my truck. About 5pm he said he didn't feel real good and his knee was hurting and asked me to drive him to the house witch I did. I finished up and went home. That night mom called about 10.30pm and said dad wanted her to call the ambulance to go to the hospital, I told mom I am on my way.
Well dad went to the hospital and found out he has A-Fib he needs a pace-maker and a knee replacement in the future, And the worst part was the staff infection that had settled in his bad knee. Dad is 75 and this was not what he had in mind. 10 days in the hospital then he was put in a nursing home 2 miles from home till October 18 when he got to come home. He still has a pic line in and still taking antibiotics for the infection but he is starting to get around better now. He hates to use the walker but knows he has to.
I have been taking care of all of mom and dad yard work (2 acres) and everything else that needed to be done around the house plus everything else at my own place. I think the worst was getting all the equipment ready for harvest by myself for the first time, I just didn't realize how much dad was doing till he was not there. I did manage to get the crops in over the last couple weeks but it was tough with out dad being there but he would sneek out on mom and come over and see how things were going with the soybeans. I could tell he wanted to be in his combine and helping me cut beans. If I could have figured out a way to get him in there I would have, But that could not happen this year.
To my surprise mom decided that she was going to help me out as much as she could. First time in my life I saw mom drive a tractor, She did good. It was just hard for her to get up and down off of them. Dad would watch from the house or sit in the van and laugh at some of the things mom was doing. He asked her why couldn't you have done that years ago? Her answer I didn't think I could! Yesterday when my cousin came over to haul some beans off in his simi dad had to come over to watch and see how the yield was going, I thing he just wanted to smell the soybeans and to see how his new toy was doing. The Oliver 1550 diesel utility I just got is going to be his new tractor when I get it done. I have 2 new steps to but on it so he can get on and off easer and can get out there and do what he wants to do. Anyway here is a few pictures of how things went this fall. The beans were real dusty this year but they made 46 bu an acre for a wet year it aint bad. Bandit
Well dad went to the hospital and found out he has A-Fib he needs a pace-maker and a knee replacement in the future, And the worst part was the staff infection that had settled in his bad knee. Dad is 75 and this was not what he had in mind. 10 days in the hospital then he was put in a nursing home 2 miles from home till October 18 when he got to come home. He still has a pic line in and still taking antibiotics for the infection but he is starting to get around better now. He hates to use the walker but knows he has to.
I have been taking care of all of mom and dad yard work (2 acres) and everything else that needed to be done around the house plus everything else at my own place. I think the worst was getting all the equipment ready for harvest by myself for the first time, I just didn't realize how much dad was doing till he was not there. I did manage to get the crops in over the last couple weeks but it was tough with out dad being there but he would sneek out on mom and come over and see how things were going with the soybeans. I could tell he wanted to be in his combine and helping me cut beans. If I could have figured out a way to get him in there I would have, But that could not happen this year.
To my surprise mom decided that she was going to help me out as much as she could. First time in my life I saw mom drive a tractor, She did good. It was just hard for her to get up and down off of them. Dad would watch from the house or sit in the van and laugh at some of the things mom was doing. He asked her why couldn't you have done that years ago? Her answer I didn't think I could! Yesterday when my cousin came over to haul some beans off in his simi dad had to come over to watch and see how the yield was going, I thing he just wanted to smell the soybeans and to see how his new toy was doing. The Oliver 1550 diesel utility I just got is going to be his new tractor when I get it done. I have 2 new steps to but on it so he can get on and off easer and can get out there and do what he wants to do. Anyway here is a few pictures of how things went this fall. The beans were real dusty this year but they made 46 bu an acre for a wet year it aint bad. Bandit