Feb-26th and 27th Ruth

I came in early to see Jay in the drive way asking me where the filters are. He was under the impression that I hadn't called Greg Yates to order more of them, you know cause I am such a slacker and don't follow thru with any of my tasks. Anyways I told him that I had called Yates on Valentine's day and had asked Mr. Yates to deliver, there is even a message saved on the voicemail verifying my order. However, Mr. Yates had not delivered. I called Mr. Yates as soon as I walked in the door and he let me know that he would be by this afternoon to drop off said filters and install a new one.

Greg didn't want to step on any "drunk" toes but, the filter that was in, was installed upside down and it was in no way full of dirt and in need of change. The filters that he brings are extremely expensive and have the capacity to hold much more filth than a $1.58 filter that some "intoxicated" gardeners purchase at Wal- Mart for instance. Now I am laughing as I write this, but Jay was on some heavy duty medications yesterday, Wedad can attest to that fact.

Mr. Yates wants everyone to know that whomever changes the filter needs to pay extra special attention to the installation directions, so that the filter works much more efficiently. Mr. Yates is always super diplomatic and would never place blame, so I am only repeating his very delicate words.

After I placed the phone call, I showered Bill and Wedad got him dressed. Bill and I went to Dr. Khaled's office to get his INR checked again. He has been on 5 mg of Coumadin for the last week and will continue until he is rechecked. His INR was 2.2 which is exactly about where it should be. There was some controversy about Bill needing to go back on Monday vs. Tuesday, but I called this morning and the front desk girl had no idea what I was talking about so the appointment is still set for Tuesday at 2:15pm.

Night ran smoothly--- both slept well. Fleming's pest control came by and then Casey Was stopped by to have Bill and Jean sign some documents. He stayed for awhile and talked to Jean about some of his plans, she was very excited for him and talked about throughout the day.

After Casey left, I got the showered and dressed and we headed off to Bahu's office for an echo cardiogram. Bill's heart is doing much better than they expected. Prior to the surgery his heart was pumping at 25%, today the echo showed that Bill's heart is now pumping at 45% which is a dramatic increase and quite a shock to both the echo tech and the St. Jude's rep. They said that those are wonderful results and much better than they had hoped for. I mentioned to the tech about Bill falling lately and that most likely it was attributed to the Coreg, she said we may want to mention to Khaled that she saw signs on the echo of COPD disease in the lungs and that may also be a contributing factor to his shortness of breath and general dizziness.

That information of course was off the record, but she wanted us to know that it might be a cause. Bill has an appointment with Khaled on the 14th of March, so that is definitely information that should be talked about. Also, Jennifer, I saw a note a few weeks ago from Dr. Villareal that was supposed to be passed on to Dr. Khaled. Was that information ever shared with him, if not maybe you could bring it along with you to his next appointment.

After the doctor's we went to the Sugar Bowl, the host was rude and nasty I won't go into detail, but I left a note for the manager about the hosts behavior. I asked the cashier not to deliver it until the end of the day, but as we were walking out the host/manager/owner confronted me in the door way and told me he was very nice and accommodating to all his patrons. I stood there in shock that he would have the nerve to 1. defend his behavior and 2. to tell me I am the one with the problem. Anyways, long story short... we are not going back to the Sugar Bowl.... Bill and Jean agree that we will have to find an equally delicious hot fudge sundae somewhere else.

After the Sugar hole, we drove to Tempe to get their nails done. It is a drive, but that nail salon is the best in town. They worked on Bill's hands for at least 45 minutes and on Jean's feet and hands for at least an hour and 15 minutes. The girls massaged Jean's feet and legs for over a half an hour and they are soo nice. Jean bought some creams that they used on her. After that we came home.