Big Day

Yesterday Nathanael and I hung out together.  First we went to see Dr. James Rees.  He is a good "Country Doctor" type of GP that I have absolute confidence in.  We started going to Jim in the 80's after Dr.  Peterson and Dr. Amano died.  Nathanael had injured his finger in a bike accident, and we were impressed with the calm, helpful way he fixed it.  We knew we had found our new family doctor.  He lived in Mary's ward at the time, and her family had already started seeing him. He was just "Jim" to her, and soon to us.  He doesn't need the title Doctor to gain respect, you can't help but respect him because he is so competent

Anyway, I wanted Jim in the loop and he listened to my story with disbelief.   He noted that I had lost 40 pounds.  He took some blood tests and gave me a simple remedy "Get some Carnation Breakfast, and drink it or it in a Milk shake at least twice a day in addition to whatever you can stand to eat.

After that I went over to the High School for an hour to visit with the Yearbook Staff and my sub.  Then off to Ogden to fill a prescription for external catheters from Dr. Rees.

I came home, napped for a few hours and then Nathanael and I went to the Apple Store to buy Ruth Ann a new MacBook.  Last year she accidentally set up her cafeteria medical account to take out $400.00 a month instead of $400 for the entire year. She didn't realize it  because she had made both a lane change and we had received a substantial raise because of a huge surplus in tax revenues that year (my what a difference a year makes).  The bottom line was she had $3600 that she had to spend by March 15th or lose.  Our medical expenses took care of $1000. of the money, and I used the other $2600 to have LASIK surgery.  So this is part of her payback.  She is pursuing a Master's degree and wanted a computer of her own, now she has the nicest one in the house.

Finally I came home, exhausted but happy that I could accomplish so much in a day.  Part of it was made possible by an external catheter that worked for 24 hours.