Wait here... Day 182 13MAY09

Has this ever happened to you? You have a dentist appointment at 10:50. You arrive at 10:40 and sign in at the front. No none even greets you anymore, they just glance toward the clipboard on the counter. After leaving your mark and the time your appointment is for, in case they didn't write it down on their calendar, you take a seat.

The girl at the front desk doesn't look at the the clipboard until 11:05.

At 11:15 after they have taken all the people who came in after you they call you back and you follow the girl down the hall to a room with a view of the wall. "Why are you here today?" she quips. "I'm here because I heard you had a sale on cook wear... You don't know what I am here for?" I respond baffled. She rustles through the single page chart, smiles blankly and says, "the Doctor will be here in a minute." At which point she disappears.

Twenty minutes later the doctor walks in all smiles. "Let's take a look", she says. After a few seconds she lays down her little mirror and says, "did they explain how much this was going to cost?" "Yes", I answer, "about as much as NASA's budget this year." "Good, now sit tight and I'll be back in a minute", she says and promptly vanishes. Where had I heard that before.

Five minutes later the blank smile assistant comes back in and sits down. "We didn't schedule enough time to take care of you today, you are going to have to make another appointment." This coming from the girl who didn't know why I was there in the first place. "What!" I say. She smiles and starts to walk out. I follow her to the front and make another appointment for two weeks from now and trudge out to the car. Mission accomplished... Morning wasted.

Joshua had a better day. He went to the clinic this afternoon with Renee and Grandma Peters for chemo. It was quick and he got de-accessed and sent on his way. Next stop was the medical supply place to get fitted for his foot braces that will help stretch his tendons. We will pick them up next week.

Joshua's only complaint this evening was about his bones in his legs and arms hurting. His sense of smell is still making it tough on him when it comes to food. But that is what chemo does to you. He managed to eat well and went to bed at his normal time. The next couple of days are probably going to be rough on him like last week. He has until next Wednesday though before he has to go back for more chemo. In the meantime lots of fluids and rest for him is on tap.

Jarrod finished his school work this afternoon and then put on his green thumb. He really enjoys just about anything connected to dirt. We took a quick trip up to the garden center to get potting soil and rocks and off he went. Renee had gotten him some new little plants and he did a fine job re-planting them. He wants to start a vegetable garden in the side yard and grow stuff for us to eat. We are going to see what we can work out this summer.