Class Reunion

Can you adopt an entire graduating class as your own? Well it would seem so. Sarah's classmates are the greatest! We had a blast Saturday night (and the entire weekend). With time being limited, you tend to spread yourself thin to get to each person and at least say, "Hello". With email and "free" long distance calling, we will stay in touch with them. My favorite line of the evening, "If I knew it was going to be this great, I would have worked harder"...

All of the sudden, three years is beginning to feel like way too long.

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The Waiting Game

So much for the theory "if they wait a week before calling about the results of the Coronary CT scan" - I won't need a Heart Catheterization.

Sometime on Tuesday. The hospital will call me on Monday with my scheduled time.

Blossom where you are planted!

Are you in a tight spot? Blossom where you are planted!

Are you between a rock and a hard place? Blossom where you are planted!

Are you going through tough times? Blossom where you are planted!

Bloom where you are planted!

Happy Birthday, Metro

Eight years ago today, a little boy was born. A very little boy. He was one of three born to his mother that day. He remained unnamed for 11 weeks. That was when we were introduced to him. He melted our hearts and changed our lives. We adopted him and he joined our family.

Today, he still still a small boy - just over five pounds.

Metro with a Catfish larger than he is!

Two Appointment/Same Day - Cornary CTA

More detail here - later....

Finally made it to an appointment that was originally scheduled for August 18th. But the ERCP kinda bumped that in the head.

We were early for the follow up appointment with the Endocrinologist and were walking out before the scheduled time. We had time to kill, so we headed to the mall for a bit of shopping.

A Coronary CTA is a CT scan with three passes and then another one after a contrast dye has been injected. And about 3 seconds after the dye hit my veins, it felt like I grabbed an electric fence with my right hand. OUCH!!!

And I did have an allergic reaction to the contrast. I woke up in the wee hours of Thursday morning with my eyes nearly swollen shut and itching. It was like a million mosquito bites!

Benedryl, lots of water and 24 hours later the reaction subsided... Then, the wait for the report.

Two Appointment/Same Day - Endocrinologist

The follow-up to the ERCP was schedule for Wednesday. But before that, more blood work to see how my liver is functioning and my general health. We arrived an hour early for the 11:30 appointment and the Physician Assistant saw us in the waiting room. Shortly thereafter, we were called back to the exam room. Stopping by the scales, showed just a two pound increase (mostly related to jeans versus shorts). The liver function enzymes were back to normal. HOWEVER comment "you are slightly anemic. Your hemoglobin level is 11 and should be 14. Your hemoglobin was above normal while you were in the hospital."

• No wonder I have been running out of gas toward the end of the day.
• No wonder I am anemic, I've been on a very restrictive diet (which prohibited red meat).
• And to make sure there is not any blood lost anywhere else, I have another test scheduled for 8:00 on October 31st - a Colonoscopy - "because you are at that aged". Yay, for being over 50!

Metro Monday

The calendar may say it is only a week until autumn, but the temperatures in south Georgia won't reflect the season until much later in the year. This weekend I felt well enough to work on the Cabin at the Pond. We are "closing in" - literally!

It was hot (mid 90's) and sunny on Friday afternoon and Saturday. We prepared ourselves with extra fluids. We had been just pouring Metro's water into a stray plate or tray. But we wanted him to have a go to place for his water at the Cabin. As I was grabbing water, fruit juice, Dr. Pepper and Coke Zero, I placed a small metal container in the bag.

Metro enjoying his cool drink of water.

Porch Puppy

Just because...


Because he was too cute... just sitting there as we gathered the tools and put away fishing rods. He knows by our actions that it is time to head back to the house. Metro is so in tuned to our routines. He know when I grab my keys and put on my shoes that we are going outside for a while. He know when I pick up my backpack, I'm going to work. He will wait at the back door for me in the afternoon. Sarah says Metro will camp out about 30 minutes before I arrive.

We are amazed by Metro and the ways he patterns his ways with ours.

Metro let's us know when to open the door for him. If his food bowl is empty (he free feeds), then he will stand by the kitchen and bark. If we are not in bed by 11:30, he will whine and moan - telling us it is beyond our bedtime.

It is often said, "We do not train our dogs, but they train us."

Metro Monday

Let us introduce - Mona!!!

Brooke and Kyle has blessed us with a Grand-puppy. She is a Dachshund and is as sweet as can be!

Metro, on the other hand, isn't so sure!