Dewey Decimating

To wooddragon. Have a great day Corey. Keep those words coming.

Back in the ER overnight with Roger. Apparently Rover's heart ablation was not completely successful. According to the doctor he now has A fib which occurs in about 20% of the SVT cases. Now we go back to the cardiologist, but for now the episodes seem to be controlled with an increase in Lopressor dosage.

I Had my mani-pedi today, so I'm read to go. I think everything is ready. We'll use tomorrow to go over the final check checklist to make sure everything is ready, and pack the car. We have to leave early Saturday morning, pick up two people and head across town to catch the limo.

I'm finishing up my first week in retirement and it's great. I noticed today that I'm feeling my body slowing down. It's hard to explain but I feel like things are more relaxed and smoother. I'm sure it's due to the stress. release of not going to work each day. The library is not a stressful place to work, but apparently there was enough so that I'm feeling the difference.

Today begins my last week at the library.  The last 17 years seem to have flown by.  I'll be glad to not work anymore, but I still feel kind of sad to be leaving.  On a more down notem, Kaiser rejected Roger when he appled to them for an individual policy since Ohio won't let me carry him on mine when I retire even thought he's been on my group plan for years.  I'm not sure what kind of options we have, but I believe that he'll qualify for COBRA which is outrageously expensive.  Hopefull, when the exchanges kick in in October, we'll be able to find something better and cheaper.
   All the wedding plans seem to be solidified.  Everything has been reserved, ordered, and paid for.  All we have to do is get on the bus (I hope).  September could be a good month.

Happy Birthday to billeyler.  May you have a great day with many more to follow.

Looks pretty certain that I'll be retiring from the library on September 1. I can't wait. Roger starts drawing social security this month so we'll have some additional income. I'm petitioning the bankruptcy court to reduce my payment since my income will be taking a significant hit, but I haven't heard any response yet. Still hopeful. I've lined up a part time job teaching computer skills to senior citizens for some additional income and I'll still be able to substitute at the library after a sixth month waiting period. Things are looking good.

Roger spent Saturday and part of Sunday in the ER again.  He called me at work on Saturday saying that he had passed out twice while sitting in a chair and that his stomach nausea was getting worse.  I hurried home and got him to the ER a little after 1:00 PM.  After they checked him in, the techs took some blood and ran an EKG.  Everything was normal, so they took him for an xray to see if there was some sort of intestinal blockage.  Negative also.  The doctor came in to talk to us, and while he was there, getting ready to send Roger home,  the heart rate monitor alarm went off.  The doctor continued to watch the monitor and decided that Roger was spending the night with a heart monitor so that they could record what was happening.  He's thinking that the nausea is being caused by the heart rate changes rather that the other way around.  He called it Supraventricular Tachycardia, and it could be the cause of all of Roger's symptoms these past years. 
    Roger now has an appointment on Thursday to get a holter monitor to wear for 30 days, and then an appointment with the cardiologist on Friday.  I'm glad that someone finally saw what was happening, because we've been telling the doctor about that for a long time, and he thought that the gastric reflux was causing the increased hear rate.  I'm just happy that someone is taking a close look at the issues.

Happy Birthday to trawnapanda.  May you have many many more.