thanks tkrik. Sounds like you had a horrible time but finally are OK. Did you have yours reversed? You may have told me and I forgot. Yeah, he is going in fairly healthy. His heart is in controlled condition. although he has a poor appitite and doesn't eat well, his labs are always good. Up until the last couple of months he walked daily about a mile. But just lately he just drives up to the river, parks and sits on a bench at an overlook and jsut sits there just listening to Pandora radio which soothes his soul.