Get Organized. Talk to Doctor. Get Reorganized!

This morning I sent Louis Dean off to his cardiologist for a routine visit while I ran around packing up for our trip to the ranch. He'd been gone quite awhile when the phone rang. It was Louis dean but the connection was bad and every other word cut out. Then his doctor took the phone and said, "You need to stop packing. Your husband cannot travel...."
She went on to tell me he had an irregular EKG and she was running some tests on him.
He came home with a heart monitor on and a sheaf of papers explaining that he was at an elevated risk for a stroke. She changed his medication, explaining that Plavix was not doing the job any longer so she prescribed something else that would.
Dr. Uppalapati said to Louis Dean - more than once - "this is a God thing that you came in today."
Louis Dean was also instructed to exercise 30 minutes every day.
I know what you're thinking....I thought the same thing!
But I am here to make sure that Louis Dean is taken care of and so I marched us down to the Senior Citizens Center, joined and signed us up for a year at the gym there.

You can see how thrilled he is!

We took our new membership cards and proceeded to the treadmills where we walked side by side for 20 minutes. Tomorrow we will do 25 and the next day 30.

Before we left I took our picture and you can see he was feeling better about being there.

We picked up the new medicine on the way home.....Eliquis.

He came home and I made us a breakfast for lunch - oatmeal, bacon. biscuits and we watched a Madam Secretary. Then he went to bed to take a nap.

I must say we were in a bit of a stunned stupor.

He had a good check up in December complete with a normal EKG.

Here it is February and it's abnormal.

That's why it's a God thing.

Louis Dean has been experiencing some tightness in his chest the last few weeks and we thought it was sore muscles because you know how much he stretches and lifts and works.

While he napped I unpacked.

Then I read every single word on every single paper he brought home.

Then I do what I always do when I don't know what to do......

I prayed and cleaned.

We were still a couple of zombies so I cooked supper - fried potatoes and sausage.

The cook had a cocktail of watermelon juice and Pinot Grigio.....delicious!

Plus I lit a brand new candle for good measure.

I now have one more clean room!

Pretty music on the stereo and fragrant candles and the smell of furniture polish and Pine Sol soothed my spirit and knowing God is in control comforted my heart.

So we are not going to the ranch as we had planned and have proceeded to Plan B.

All is well with us tonight.