Monday, June 28, 2010

Independence Day is upon us

Summer is flying by!  It's nearly July and we haven't even been in the pool yet.  Crazy, I know.  We are looking forward to a 3-day weekend in the pines this weekend.  We leave Friday after work in the Jeep to head up to Sunrise Resorts at Clint's Well for the long weekend.  It'll just be us and the boys, so we are looking forward to some fresh mountain air, some rest and relaxation and perhaps a little Jeeping

I'm happy to share that I had my first post-40 colonoscopy on Friday and my results were normal.  No polyps.  Everything looked great.  I'm very happy about that!  I'm waiting on my insurance company to agree to pay for the genetic testing that I'm having done to pre-screen for Lynch Syndrome.  I'm hoping for favorable results from that testing as well!  I'm very thankful for our friends Lisa and Marilyn who were my transportation to and from the colonoscopy which allowed Dennis to take the training class he signed up for weeks prior to me scheduling my colonoscopy

We've been having some challenges with Drama scratching his neck open until it bleeds.  We've had him to the vet twice for it in the last few weeks.  He went back today for a follow up visit and our biggest challenge is to keep him from scratching his neck.  We also have to keep his nails trimmed so that they don't do so much damage when he does scratch.  He's such a drama queen when he's injured.  I think he loves all of the attention he gets when he does it.  Poor baby.  We've had to keep them in the crate during the day because he wears the 'cone' and he can't get out the doggy door with the cone on.  So, we just crate them.  We don't like having to do that, but it's what is best for him.  A picture of the boys - with Drama in his pretty blue cone - is attached.

I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Independence Day weekend.  Enjoy!