Our State Fair . . .

Today we went to the fair. The Spokane Interstate Fair is a tradition that Susan and I have attended ever since we started going out together. We attended this year with our friends, Jim and Jill, who also have joined our annual attendance tradition for nearly the same length of time.

Also joining us was Ellen, our nemesis in the Wine Competition. 

We are happy to report that we did well this year. Both our wine entries received Reserve Grand Champion awards.

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Our wine labels did well in the competition as well, although I thought Susan’s label should have done better. I really liked her design.  

The guy who won Grand Champion for both wine and label is the same guy who beat us the last few years, Frank Burk. No relation.

We had a great day at the fair and ate a lot of bad fatty food that was really gooood.

Pace Maker Day

I am writing from Room 560 of the Heart Institute. I am being prepped to replace my defibrillator with a shiny new pacemaker.

It’s 11:00 right now and my procedure is scheduled for 1:30. So I have this iPad here to keep me entertained.

I shall update further when I have something worthy of updating

1:39PM: The procedure was initially set for 12:30. It’s now 1:39 and I’m still waiting.

2:00PM: Okay, here we go. They are taking me in. If this post ends here, you’ll know it didn’t go well.

4:00PM: I just out of the surgery and feeling a little groggy. Apparently, all went well. I am hungry so I think that’s a good sign. 

My new pacer has got me to about 60 beats per minute. I am excited to see if it makes a difference with my stamina.

In the meantime, let’s eat!

7:23PM: We have just returned from the Cathay Inn. I am now fat and happy. Of course, I was already fat. And happy too!

Un-Disabled

As of today, I am 66 1/2 years old. According to the Social Security Administration, I am no longer disabled. I’m now just an old guy on Social Security.

I don’t have anything else to add but I thought it was an important item to make note of.   

Heart Update

On Friday, the 8th of September, I am going in for a quick surgery to update my Defibrillator.

Dr Harwood, who is my Electro-Physiologist wants to change out the Defib for a Pacemaker with an additional lead. Right now, I have one lead to the top of the heart. The Pacemaker will add a lead to the bottom of my heart.

Instead of having a Defibrillator that will pace me when needed, I am now getting a Pacemaker that will raise my heart rate and defib me as needed.

The hope is that with a faster heart rate, my stamina will improve. Right now, my daily heart rate seems to be around 50 beats per minute. 

I don't know what the new rate will be but I will find that out and report it here.    

August BP

 

Finally…An Update!

 I have been doing a horrible job of keeping this updated. Well, there has been a lot going on and I guess I just haven’t felt like sitting down and writing. That’s a crappy excuse but there it is!

The kitchen remodel project continues. We were expecting counter tops to go in last week but that got delayed due to a lack of counter tops. They thought they came in, but they didn’t.

We are expecting them in this week and then they will reschedule the install. I hope that is not another two weeks out.

This is my health blog so I should be talking about that. I am continuing my tradition of being fat. I weight 229 pounds this morning. I’m not very happy about that.

I have an appointment with my Electro-Physiologist in about two weeks to discuss making a change to my defibrillator.

I’ll have more information on that after August 17th.

July BP