The Hair - I don't need to say more

Pictures: Beautiful new hair.

I've had a couple requests to show Dave's new hair. Contemplating how to capture the fuzzy stuff on Dave's head in a photo has been a bit puzzling. So this morning when I looked at Dave sleeping on the red pillow case......... Walla! He seems to have a few funny cowlicks but still some blond hair... so far.

Last night Dave had his gig with Bryan Lubeck in Goshen. It was a "homecoming" for Bryan as the concert was at his high school. He spent the day with the music classes and the high school jazz bands and singers performed a few songs with Bryan and the band at the beginning of the evening. They were pretty awesome. Best part for me, it was an early gig and we were home by 11:30 pm. BONUS!

It's time to talk about our Oncologist. Anyone who's had a serious illness can certainly relate to the close relationship that can develop between the patient and the healers. We have had total faith in Oncology Care Associates during our 7 months with them. After many years in our community, Dr Lester is retiring May 1. We have not been given an official reason for the timing of this, but I know it's getting harder and harder for some types of practices to make ends meet. Insurance companies can make providers (MDs) jump through hoops to get paid and Medicare decreases payment every year. I can just imagine the amount of time and resources given to managing this instead of patient care.

How will this effect us? Oncology Care Associates will continue some of their work with research. Because of the study drug Dave is getting, we would have to go out of town (Detroit, Petoskey, Indianapolis, Chicago) for him to continue having access. Luckily, we will be able to stay with Oncology Care Associates for Dave to get CP-751,871. Although this is a great relief to us, it is a great loss for our community to lose such a caring and respected practice. I do not want to use our blog to "preach", yet I need to say no matter what your personal views are about health care reform.... we need to do something.

Fuzz on!