Doctors

On Wednesday, July 9th we had 3 doctor appointments. Mine were in the morning, in Eastman with Dr. Mc and Dr. S. Sarah's was in Vidalia for the afternoon.

Mine went smoothly - except my BP was still too high. We left home around noon, so we could have lunch in Vidalia before seeing Dr. H. We arrived around 20 prior to the scheduled time and were shocked by what we saw.

NOT A SINGLE PERSON IN THE WAITING ROOM!!!

Usually there is not an empty seat in the waiting room. Then we get the explanation. "You didn't get a call from the Savannah office this morning? Dr. H had an emergency surgery." With that Sarah is rescheduled for two weeks later and we do a bit of shopping. Caller ID showed that we did get a call at 12:26...

Fast forward to this afternoon. I make the very short drive from my office to Dr. H's office, fifteen minutes before the slotted time. Sure enough all but one of the chairs is occupied. Mama is there, as she often rides with Sarah to the doctor so she is not left on the farm alone. Mama motions that Sarah has already been called to the back. Not only is she in the exam room, but x-rays have been taken also. Now only to wait for Dr. H to arrive from the office 30 miles away, where he spent seeing his morning patients. He is running about 25 minutes late.

At 3:25, Dr. H is still putting on his lab coat as he enters the exam room. Dr. H and the recepionstists apologized several times for the mess up two weeks earlier. Sarah had been moved to the front of the schedule, ahead of those that were booked for 3:00.

And why not, she had only been waiting 338 hours.

Metro Monday

Time for another bag!!!

The photo above is the new bag of Metro's food taken on March 2nd. Today he is down to the last couple of quarts from that bag. That will be enough to feed him until the end of this week. So what I had predicted would last him 15 weeks - actually took him nearly 20 weeks to consume.

"Mor fud, plez! kthnkzbai!"

C3H5(NO3)3 Sublingual

I had been hurting in the void that was once my gallbladder. FOR A WEEK. I called my doctor on Thursday. That was when my pain level equalled or topped the pain of that Monday morning that I went to the ER. They were double booked that afternoon, so they scheduled me for yesterday morning.

My BP was too high. So I was given 80 mg. of Micardis instead of 40 mg. I was instructed to called my cardiologist - I have an appointment on the 29th. And I was given a prescrition for these:

The good news: Weight - 194.4 pounds!!!

My latest addiction

The Ridiculously Long Lasting Gum

Since my surgery, I have just about given up on desserts - except when Harvey's has Blue Bell Ice Cream half-gallons on sale for 3/$10!!!

I saw this You Tube video the day after my gallbladder was removed:



Matt is sponsered by Stride Gum.


Then, I was given a piece of Stride Sweet Berry by a co-worker the day I returned to work. Now, I am not far from a pack of Stride gum.

Metro Monday, Part II

WE NEED SOME MORE RAIN...

While we have been getting rain (enough to make the grass grow and so we don't need to water the garden). But the Beaver Pond is drier than we have seen it in a couple of years.

During wetter times, the water would be well over Metro's head... Below are link to other post with photos showing the same stump.

http://bgstembridge.blogspot.com/2008/01/beaver-pond.html

http://bgstembridge.blogspot.com/2008/01/beaver-pond-dam.html

Metro Monday

Metro would walk over to the recliner, put his front paws on the foot rest and then simply flop down on the rug in disgust. He wasn't going to attempt jumping into the seat if it was going to hurt his little knees. So like the steps at our bed, the solution for him getting into one of his favorite spots for a nap, I built a simple stool to give him a boost.

Problem solved!

Ain't seen that in a while!

I stepped on the scales in my office this morning. They are very accurate and I use them to check the weight of bags, especially when there are revisions that might cause an increase or decrease in the overall empty weight.





To my surprise, the digital readout was different this morning.
The leading digit was not a 2!!!

Before I picked up the camera, 199.0 was on the display!

Metro Monday

Yummmm... Cantaloupe!

A six pack of cantaloupe plants were transplanted back in the spring. We pampered and watered. We hoed and weeded. Sarah kept turning the small melons as they grew so they wouldn't rot on the bottom.

After church this evening, we were walking Metro and strode toward the garden.

"You think it's ready?"

"Go ahead and pluck it."



Sarah has already peeled and sliced the cantaloupe and it is cooling in the fridge!

Back at Work...

...but only 93.8 % of me made it.


I'll give you a moment on that one!