Krl and I were at Dr. Mackie's at eight Wednesday morning. We spent almost three hours there. She had a full lab work up and also had her leg x-rayed. When we left she had nine prescriptions and I had one! We have more pills than Carter does! In addition to the meds, Dr. Mackie scheduled Krl for a scan and me for a sleep study!

For the record, Krl weighed in at a surprising 106. I would have guessed much less than that but it was good news compared to the 81 of a few years ago! I guess when they saw how little Krl weighed they saw no use in weighing me. Yeah, right! (Maybe I was standing sideways and they couldn't see me!).

Since we returned from the doctor Krl has repeatedly told me, "See, I really am sick!" I'm not the one she needed to convince. I've been trying to get her to the doctor for months!

Dr. Mackie couldn't believe that the specialist did not address Krl's broken leg (earlier this year) with surgery. His exact words were "that's a nasty looking break". He cautioned her to use her cane or a walker because just a bump on the wrong place or a fall could break it again. The doctor did outsource one test. He is looking at Krl's thyroid to see if it might account for her having problems keeping weight on.

My one med is an antibiotic for an infection from an insect bite I received this past weekend. I guess the announcer's booth at last weekends show hadn't been used in some time and a spider bit me just at the top of my short socks! (It was a tall spider because it is just about ankle high!).

I'm betting the spider died!

Since we spent the majority of the morning at the doctor, I was very late getting to the store. I had told Chris and he held down the fort, but it seemed like I played catch up all day long! We had a butt load of freight to check in and for some reason the computer failed to generate a check in sheet. Late in the day computer support figured out the problem and when the report did print, we had all the freight unpacked and put away. A comparison of the hand written freight list we checked and the printed shipment advice makes me think they may have sent us at least one tote in error! That is one of the problems with the computer generating the parts orders, it is a project just to be sure. I asked the distribution center if someone had complained about a big shortage but they didn't know! Crazy thing was all of the freight was stacked in layers and wrapped in plastic wrap on a shipping skid with our store number!

Oh well, I tried to report it!

Pat called me three times yesterday. The first call was telling me about Hag's trip to the Urologist Tuesday. That doctor was trying to convince Hag to have surgery next Thursday. From our conversation I would say this doctor uses scare tactics to convince patients to agree to his treatment plan. Pat said Hag was very upset with much of the information the urologist told them.

Pat and Hag stayed with the Hunter's Tuesday night, in fact the Hunters went to the doctor's office with them and then they sat around the kitchen table until late discussing options and treatments. Wednesday, Pat went to Dr. Mark's (Pepa's doctor at the cancer center in Lubbock) and she visited with the nurses there. In a chance meeting, Dr. Mark walked by and visited briefly with Pat and she told him about Hag's biopsies. Dr. Mark told her to get Hag there and made a place in the schedule for him.

I have not met this doctor, but he sounds like a remarkable man. Pat says he just lays it all out and is very frank and honest in his information and answers. Pat said he told Hag, if you were my brother this is what I would recommend. To me that would mean a lot. He told Hag that the cancer might recur in ten or fifteen years, BUT, he also told Hag that he believes by then there will be a vaccine for prostate cancer. He said they are learning a lot and about the disease and one thing they have learned is that it is brought on by a virus.

Pat said Hag was a different man when they walked out of the cancer center! They went back to the Hunter's and were cooking steaks on the grill and planning on spending another night before they returned home.

Hey, I've said before that Pat is a very good registered nurse. I guess yesterday proves that she can walk the walk and talk the talk because it is amazing that she could just walk in and the doctor would make room for an appointment with Hag.

By the way, Hag is scheduled in early January to have the same treatment Pepa did. Dr. Mark told him to enjoy his elk hunt and get his crops harvested and then they would take care of business. I could hear a sigh of relief from Pat because she had expressed serious concerns about major surgery for Hag because of his genetic blood disorder and the possibility he would throw a blood clot.

Today I am off from work which means it is an equipment project day. I am really dreading it because now we have an oily greasy mess that we will be working in, at least for part of the day. I guess we will begin with some damage control from Monday's mishap. K.O. and I have talked several times and he has some ideas we will look at seriously.

Two weeks to show time!

One thing K.O. and I have been told, we are NOT driving in after the show. I still have enough jet lag that I'm not arguing either!

Let's get on with it!

Have a day!

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LORD lead me on!