My Aunt and Uncle

Saying for the Day:Always get a second opinion unless the first one works.

This is a picture of my Aunt Doris and Uncle Dick Mattson.
Betty and I stayed at their camp the night we were married.

When my Aunt was 67 she became very forgetful.
My Uncle Dick became concerned and took her to the doctor who told him she was becoming senile.
As the days went by her memory got worse.
My Uncle argued with the Doctor saying that she was too young to be senile.

Finally he took her to a clinic in Duluth.
There they discovered she had a brain tumor.
She was operated on and the tumor was removed.

Note if she had been younger the tumor would have been discovered when the symptoms first appeared.Doctors often treat old people differentlt from young ones to the detrement
of the old.

Her mental facilities returned to normal.
While in the hospital she had two doctors.
Her physical condition deteriorated quickly.
One of her doctors told my Uncle that she would probably die.
The other took him aside and said that he should take her home and she would recover.
He did and she did.

I remember this because, from my own experience and theirs, I have learned that you can not always trust what the doctor tells you and sometimes you should get a second and even a third opinion.

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The News from Pigeon Falls– The little town in my backyard where the trains still run and little old ladies hunt rabbits– Well the White Rabbit hasn’t been seen since the pumpkin incident but the liar’s club contest goes on. Ronald Smythe finally got to tell his story without any exploding pumpkins. Here is the story:
Some years ago the government built a top secret installation not far from Pigeon Falls. Here they did some research into gene splicing and cloning. They were trying to produce a super fast , super strong soldier. Something however, went very wrong and they got instead a large sized, talking rabbit. The rabbit was of no use to them and they didn’t want Washington to know of its existence . So they decided to kill it and simply mark the project off as having failed. One of the workers felt that this would be wrong and he helped the rabbit escape. The Rabbit went into the woods and made its way to the town.
However, when people saw it, they were scared and so he hid in the woods. When people weren’t home he would steal food and he took from many gardens. The people at the agency did not want him caught and talking to the press but they couldn’t admit to his existence . Thus they could not send somebody to openly hunt him. Instead they hired and old lady to spread stories of the rabbit being a demon to keep people from talking to him. They even showed her how to shoot and gave her a shotgun. The rabbit , who is quiet intelligent, knew what was going on and decided to talk to me on my farm. He explained what was happening and asked for my help. My problem is that nobody believes me. Yesterday we were planning on introducing him during this presentation but just as he appeared the agency lady shot at him sending him back to the woods. The next time he appears give him an opportunity to share with you.
Again the judges are saving their comments until after the last story.
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Todays Link– Link List Two – Remember to put Dr. John in the comments. Check Here for your JCPOINTS excluding the ongoing Marathon. Betty went to the dentist today and discovered she has an infection in her jaw and it wasn't even hurting. She also sent out Monday's prizes. We did a little shopping in the afternoon. Then I finished counting yesterday's blog marathon. There are five people who did all 17 blogs. a total of 18 different people are taking part as of the first day. Now I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA