Author: Steve

There is big, then there is really big. The big Monaco across the way pulled out and the Prevost pulled in. The
license plate says “ruffinit”. The plate on the hummer says “instyle”. The
giant box trailer painted to match, that the Hummer rides in, is parked down
by the office. This is the rig everyone looks at and rolls their eyes as they go by.

Another satisfied Dutch Star owner. I ran across that guy in Durango last year who had a shiny new motorhome he
hated. I was surprised to find out you can have a big expensive motorhome
and not like it. Now when I talk to people, I always ask how they like
their coach. Bounder owners are a loyal group. It is notable that every single Dutch
Star owner we’ve talked to is happy with their rig.

Had the follow-up visit with the physician. Here is the situation. My condition is described as “extensive calcified arteriosclerosis. At
least one significant fixed coronary narrowing may be present. The overall
risk of a cardiovascular event is very much higher than average.” If left untreated, we could expect 50% of people with this condition to have
a heart attack within the next ten years. My risk can be lowered
substantially with therapy. My heart scan results warranted a phone call from the cardiologist at the
heart imaging to my primary physician. His recommended therapy is to take
an aspirin a day, take a statin drug until my LDL is down from 160 to under
70, continue current diet and exercise, and take another thallium stress
test every year or two to monitor function. Dr Becky and I concur. I can
do that. If function becomes impaired, and we spot it, they can go in through the
groin with an angioplasty procedure to open up blood vessels and even put in
stents to keep them open if necessary. It sounds like if we pay the right
amount of attention to this we can keep the risk of heart attack relatively
low, make minor repairs as required, and maybe even avoid bypass surgery
altogether. That doesn’t suck too much. Not a discouraging situation at all.

Tuesday. Update. Judy is alive and well. Significantly better than last night. She finally
shook the anesthetic and woke up….. and demanded to go home. She
persisted. They relented. She’s home on the couch. I’m everywhere else
fetching things for her. All is as it should be.

Monday. Surgery day. Judy still had ovaries. Until today. It was supposed to be simple. Judy is okay, but it wasn’t that simple. It
was supposed to be done arthroscopically, but the parts didn’t want to come
apart, so they had to use the knife. It was supposed to be outpatient
surgery, but it required more than that. They’ll keep her for a while. Everything came out that was supposed to come out. The recovery will just
be a little longer than we were expecting.