Checkup & Shopping

Stacey and I left the farm at 7 AM and we stopped in town, filled the HHR with gas and bought breakfast biscuits. We ate those as we drove towards Bowling Green for an appointment with Dr Zhu. At the Graves Gilbert Clinic we found a parking spot and went inside, checked in and went to the doctor's office. We were called in to the examination room and almost immediately, Dr Zhu came in to the room. He reviewed Stacey's records and read the run down that I had written about what had happened to Stacey since our last office visit. We talked about the involuntary movements and what we should do to keep those under control. Dr Zhu stayed until all the questions were answered. We even talked about the Pacers upcoming season. Dr Zhu doesn't think they have much of a chance this year. We made an appointment and left the office. We took the elevator downstairs to the lab. The technician drew blood and we were ready to leave. Amazing, we were out of there and back to the car before our scheduled appointment time of 9:15 AM. Stacey and I went to Aldi's and bought groceries, then to Sam's Club and bought more groceries. It was nearly 11 AM when I stopped at Wendy's and bought sandwiches to take to Pauline and Brent's house. We went inside and gave the sandwiches to Pauline and Brent while I held Julie. Brent had been to the 'doc in a box' due to a possible kidney stone or kidney infection, so I wanted to hear about how that had went and how he was feeling while P&B each ate a sandwich. Julie didn't like me holding her, so Pauline went to the bedroom and fed Julie. She came back and Julie was a better baby. Brent told me about the medication he was taking and that it was working. He was feeling better and ate another one of the sandwiches. Stacey and I ate a sandwich too. We stayed till about 1:30 PM and then left. On our way home, the next stop was in Glasgow at the Wal-Mart for more groceries, then some sandwiches for home at Arby's, then back on the Cumberland Parkway to Columbia. I stopped at a filling station and bought pop, then to the IGA store for more groceries. Finally we drove to the farm and pulled in the driveway to an unusual greeting. It was Daisy, she had dug her way out of the barn stall and was running along the driveway to follow us to the house. Well, at least she didn't leave, she stayed around. I put her back in the barn and plugged the hole where she had dug. We went inside and put some of the stuff away. Linda came home from working at the school and we ate the sandwiches. Later, we watched the Colts open the NFL Season. That was a neat way to begin the season, dropping the NFL Championship Banner from the top of the Hoosier Dome and having several music stars playing for free.