Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Back from St. Louis

Tues. Oct. 30  Happy Halloween tomorrow.

Obviously, we're back from St. Louis, Had a great time. Took the elevator, tram thingy, whatever it was to the top of Arch.  I believe it was 655 ft above the ground, tallest man made monument in the nation.

Walked every inch of the St. Louis Zoo, some inches more than ever.  Rode the train around the complex.

Went to the American Girl Store at the Mall for Caroline.

Yesterday went to IU and had new sutures put in the stent to hold it in place.  Noticed on Sunday that one stitch had pulled loose and and the other one was holding by about 1/8 of an inch of skin.  So being proactive, I called and scheduled an appt. to fix the problem before it became an emergency.

At admittance, the lady asked who the referring Dr. was, and I said me.  She called downstairs, and got a real doctor's name.

Fine now, went to UPS last night.  Thinking our volume should drop some because nothing is coming from the northeast states.  We'll have backed up trailers somewhere, that will head east when it starts opening up again.

Thanks for the thoughts and prayers, God Bless, Captain

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Gone In 60 Minutes

Heading to St Louis, MO with our daughter, husband and grand children.  Will return on Tuesday.  Going to see the Arch, the Zoo and the American Girl Store among other things.

I'm doing good,  Pray for Cindy

Thanks for all you do, God Bless, Captain

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Back Again

I see I've been shirking my duties again, so here I am with an update.

Doing good, no problems with the stent, I'm covering the whole thing with gauze now, and I think it is making a difference.

The only trouble I'm now in is I'm having trouble sleeping.  I get home and in bed anywhere's from 4 AM to 5 AM.  And then I can't seem to shut my thoughts down.  I usually fall asleep around 7 - 8 AM, then sleep till afternoon, then take another nap after dinner with the wife.  I'm getting the sleep, just not when I want it.

Family doc has suggested Benadryl and / or Melatonin but it's not very fast acting, but I do sleep longe.

Anyways, doing fine, feeling stronger each day, obviously getting better every day away from the surgery back in March.  Working at UPS 5 nights a week.  Just keeping on, keeping on.

My friend Cindy with my same cancer could use some prayers, she's going into a clinical trial in a couple of weeks.

Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers, God Bless Captain

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Tues, Oct.2, Late

Still doing good, pretty mundane, boring report.

Mowed the grass yesterday, Haircut today. 

Stent doing OK, since I'm protecting it with more gauze. We'll see if I can make it last 3 months.

Thanks for your thoughts, God Bless, Captain