FNwF & RSC and a Renal Urinoma? What?

So wonderful to be able to connect with my virtual friends two weeks in a row. Cheryll has graciously hosted Friday Night with Friends on the first Friday of April and added in the second Friday as well. Here's the link to check in on what my world-wide friends have achieved.

I'm also linking up with Angela at So Scrappy.  Rainbow Scrap Challenge's color of the month is light & bright blue. We are all trying to use up our scraps and yet there is always plenty to sew with. Just how exactly is that possible??? Hahaha! Anyway you will be amazed at some of these projects as well. Unfortunately I have no scrappyiness of blue to share this week. But please feel free to see what the others have been up to!

So what have I been sewing? This week I completed a couple of Afternoon Delight blocks. I've stayed busy with the applique blocks and a few more modified shoo-fly blocks.

Three more Shoo-Fly blocks. Only two more of these to go!

Block #12

Block #13

Sometime last week I also managed to finish the last block of String-X. This was my project from RSC 2019. I wanted my quilt larger than the pattern given so I had to do a couple extra blocks. After October's Brown block, I added a mostly black block and this week I completed the mostly white block. Now I have 12 and can put this thing together!

Last night during Friday Night with Friends, I started Block #14. No picture yet. I also finished up a pair of socks. The pattern is Margaritaville and can be found on Ravelry here and is a freebie from Adrienne Fong. One sock is currently blocking and the other will be later this weekend. The picture shows the pair unblocked at this point.

Pretty wild, huh? They're nice and fluffy and will be perfect with jeans next winter ... or maybe next week as we're going to be on the low side of Spring with highs in the 40s, lows flirting with freezing!

A quick(?) update on my dear husband. He had his follow-up appointment Monday and told the doctor he was in a lot of pain and felt bloated still. There was also an elusive fever every so often but it was low-grade and I complained about how breathless he seemed. The doctor took bloodwork and Xrays and called the next day saying the bloodwork seemed fine and the Xrays showed his lung was still partially collapsed but was still an improvement from when he was discharged. It should still be OK. However it bothered the doc that he was still in so much pain and so he ordered a CT scan for Thursday to see if it showed anything to warrant such discomfort.

Thursday we reported for the CT, which was done, but at the conclusion we were told to go immediately up to see the doctor. Turns out he's got a HUGE urinoma! So large that it was pushing his liver up into his lung. My next stop was the hospital for re-admittance! Yesterday they drained the renal urinoma and he has a drain in place which may be there 6-7 weeks. There was signs of infection but was it the cause of the urinoma or a result? I do not know but will definitely be asking when speaking next with the doctor. When I spoke with DH last night, he sounded better but is extremely tired. After all, he hasn't slept a good night's sleep in three weeks now. Anyway, we're hoping to have him home Monday.

And that my friends sums up my week. Trip to the doctor (40 minutes one way) on Monday, trip to the doctor on Thursday followed by a stop at the hospital, and a trip back to the hospital yesterday to drop off toiletries at the front door because no visitors are allowed.

If you're still with me, here's a picture of my little Brody. I love the angle of this picture. He looks like Baby Sasquatch. Just look at those feet!

Have a good weekend and Happy Easter!