From My Home Town Paper

A man steals another man's identity to get access to health care and a heart operation.  There is clearly a crime and a victim, but after you scrape away the legal aspects, I believe we are still left with another crime and another victim.  It should be a crime in this country that anyone has to go to this length to receive life saving medical help.  As despicable a character as the thief is (ex-con who threatened to blown up his victim's house if he told anyone) and as helpless as the victim seemed (mentally disabled man), never-the-less I still want a second conviction.  This country's health care delivery system is a co-conspirator in this crime.  WE THE PEOPLE elected the officials who put and keep this broken system in place, so we all share a percentage of guilt.    

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1118995,4_1_JO21_HEART_S1.article 

Gilly Update

She's not doing any better and maybe she's doing a little worst.  We now have her on pain meds and we have an appointment with a neurologist tomorrow afternoon.  Crossing my fingers and toes that he can offer us some good news, but I'm preparing myself for bad news.  It is so hard watching her try to get up; sometimes it takes her 4 or 5 times to get her back legs under her.  Gilly still wants to play, but she just has no energy to put into it. 

Chiroprator or Acupuncturist for Gilly

Does anyone have a referral for a doggie chiropractor or acupuncturist in the East Bay?  Does anyone have any experience with using these methods on dogs?  Between her age and our finances, a surgical fix might not be possible, even if that is the doctor's recommendation, so I want to be ready with some alternative help for her.

Writer's Block: Your Favorite Series: One Last Go Round

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