been busy...and that's ok with me

So it's been a while. But really, no news is good news...right? Our friends Mike and Rachel came to San Diego this weekend to visit Chili. And while they were here we did things with them as well. We went out to dinner, I made a dinner for them, we went to a friend's combo-party (graduation, job, passing the bar, getting married, curing cancer....one of these might not be true), went to Dog beach in Coronado, went out to breakfast with friends, watched the moto-gp world series race (won $3, thank you casey stoner of australia) and played plenty of wii. Good times were had by all and of course...it went by all too fast.

As for me...I'm doing well. Symptoms are getting better all the time. I still have light sensitivity in my right hand and arm, but it's been so good the last week I hardly think about it most times.

good weekend

This weekend was a good one. We had lots of fun, my symptoms didn't bother me much and I got to see a friend from out of town. We took the beast to dog beach on Saturday, and then went to a Padres Braves game where we were given very nice seats by friends of ours. I put away an "RJ Slugger" hot dog. It's a mammoth hot dog that is the equivalent of 4 hot dogs, according to the concession stand guy.
That night we went out for a late dinner (after we finally got appetites back)where our entire meal was comped without us even complaining about anything. Sure they forgot to bring out our appetizer, but to be honest I had forgotten about it myself. There's no eats like free eats.
Sunday I went to see my baseball team play the last game before the playoffs. Later that night my friends Jason and Jeremy came over for some BBQ and Wii action. Jason was in town visiting Jeremy. So just think folks, if you visit me from out of town you TOO could end up with a picture on this blog! Oh, the prestige of it.

saw the doc again...

My appointment with my neurosurgeon on tuesday was uneventful. And with the year this has been, that's a great thing. He looked at the MRI and said everything looks fine. He also said that the fluid buildup I had is almost gone.
The only bad news was that I have to wait another month before starting physical therapy for my neck. He said it's a standard 2 month wait from the final surgery.

Cheree and I took it easy for the 4th. We avoided going to any beach areas and instead stayed close to home. We took Chili for a 3 mile walk (with a stop at dog park) in the morning, and then we took him for a long walk at night (with a stop at coldstone for us).

Until the next update...

I Love LA

Well...I don't really love LA, but that's the song they play when the Dodgers win. We heard that song yesterday after the Dodgers blanked the Padres 5-0 up in LA. This surprise trip was a little thank you to Cheree for all she's done for me over the last couple months.
Cheree is also modeling her new Dodger jersey. She plans on wearing it again in a couple weeks when she goes to San Francisco with her sisters and mother to see the Dodgers take on the Giants at PacBell SBC At&T Park.
This game was our first trip to a ball game this year. We'll be going again on Saturday to see the Padres take on the Braves in San Diego, thanks to our friends the McCoys.
This was a good weekend. We went out to dinner with friends on Friday night, then had a bunch of friends over Saturday night where we BBQ'd and played Wii sports for hours. I hate to brag, but yours truly did win the Wii homerun derby. Then yesterday we dropped off Chili at his friends house and headed up to LA. Symptoms continue to slowly improve.
Tomorrow I meet with my Neurosurgeon to go over last week's MRI and hopefully start a plan for Physical Therapy.