" LOOPOGRAM IS TODAY "

I THINK MIKE MAY BE A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS TEST THIS MORNING.  HE KEEPS ASKING WHAT IS THE TEST FOR, AND WHAT KIND OF TEST IS IT.  TO BE QUITE HONEST, I TOO AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS TEST.  I AM JUST HOPING AND PRAYING THAT IT WILL NOT BE TOO UNCOMFORTABLE FOR HIM OR THAT THEY WILL GIVE HIM SOME KIND OF A SEDATIVE TO CALM HIM.  MIKE IS STILL HAVING TROUBLE SLEEPING AT NIGHT, BUT IT MAY BE THAT HE FALLS ASLEEP IN HIS CHAIR THROUGH OUT THE DAY.  HE IS NOT NEARLY AS ACTIVE AS HE WAS EVEN A MONTH AGO.  NOW HE IS COMPLAINING ABOUT BACK PAIN AND PAIN IN BOTH LEGS.  HE SAYS HE THINKS THE LEG PROBLEM IS BECAUSE OF HIS KNEE PROBLEM-HE ALSO THINKS THAT IS WHY HIS BACK IS HURTING HIM.  I JUST DON'T SEE HOW YOUR KNEE CAN CAUSE BACK PAIN, BUT I AM NOT A DOCTOR.  I WILL HAVE TO ASK MIKE'S PCP THE NEXT TIME WE SEE HIM.  IT LOOKS LIKE RAIN HERE TODAY-THE WEATHER PEOPLE SAID 60% CHANCE, AND FOR ONCE I THINK THEY MAY HAVE GOTTEN IT RIGHT!!  MIKE IS SO FUNNY-OUR GRAND DAUGHTER JAKKI IS GOING TO HAVE A BABY, AND I TOLD HIM SHE WAS PREGNANT.  NOW HE THINKS THE BABY IS HERE!!  HE WANTS TO KNOW IF SHE HAD A GIRL OR A BOY.  I TRY AND EXPLAIN THAT SHE JUST FOUND OUT SHE IS PREGNANT-THEN HE WANTS TO KNOW WHEN THE BABY WILL BE HERE.  " HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR A BABY TO COME OUT"?  YOU MIGHT THINK AFTER HAVING KIDS HIMSELF HE WOULD KNOW THAT, BUT I HAVE TO KEEP REMINDING MYSELF-HE'S NO LONGER A GROWN UP-HE THINKS SO MUCH LIKE A CHILD NOW.  EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I GET A GLIMPSE OF THE OLD MIKE, BUT THEN JUST AS QUICKLY-IT IS GONE.  SPEAKING OF GONE, WE MUST BE GOING NOW, SO TILL TOMORROW-PLEASE THINK KIND THOUGHTS OF THOSE AROUND YOU-JUST ME