Mercy Hospital, Ada Oklahoma

MERCY HOSPITAL - ADA

Once again, I have nothing but good things to say about the staff at Mercy Hospital.  I have been going to Mercy in Ada five days a week (45 miles each way) for treatments over the past 6 weeks and I am happy to report that the Mercy culture that I experienced in Oklahoma City is alive and well in Ada.  In the care of Mike, Larry, and Janet, Gail and I almost began to look forward to our daily visits!  Mike and Larry are both “music junkies” and they always had something ready on the I-Pod to help pass the time.

 They probably little realize how much their upbeat attitudes help the people they care for every day as they go about their assigned tasks manipulating a gargantuan radiation machine that looks like it belongs on the starship Enterprise.  I will have my last treatment on Monday, Aug. 26, and I actually think I’m going to miss our daily visits!  Thank you Janet, Mike, and Larry for making life easier.

A day in Houston

Gail and I drove to Houston Texas last Saturday morning to visit with some friends we had not seen for a year or so; Anna and Rene.  They are the folks I wrote about in my Nov, 2011 posting titled “Birthday Extravaganza,” which you can read about in my blog archives if you are interested.  As usual, a day with these two people is anything but ordinary.  They both looked the same and Rene, although he speaks perfect English, was still vexed by the inability of his I-Phone to respond properly to his Puerto Rican accent!

The day started out with an introduction to the City of Houston and its amazing population of Doctors and nurses.  It seems that Houston is built around a core of health care professionals that has caused it to become the most populous city in Texas, and the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. with over 6 million people.  Houston’s crime rate is amongst the lowest in the U.S. and only New York City is home to more “Fortune 500” companies.  Houston is also home to NASA’s “Mission Control Center.”

The introduction to Houston was followed by dinner at Maggiano’s where Anna worked her magic to get us seated ahead of a “standing room only” crowd that had arrived well ahead of us.  We were delivered to Maggiano’s by a South African taxi driver who, I am sure, was specifically selected by Rene to provide our pre-dinner entertainment.  The short trip to the restaurant was an “E-ticket” ride that I will never forget.  Our driver raced through the crowded, narrow streets of Houston at speeds that would have caused heads to turn at any motor speedway.  He jockeyed for position with the agility of the gazelle’s of his home country of Africa where, I’m sure, he learned this talent.  We had not traveled far before we were all tightening up our seat belts and looking at each other as if it was going to be our last visit together.

Don't be fooled again!

To all my Mexican/American friends.  I have worked and played alongside you for many years and have always found you to be an honorable, industrious and friendly people.  Do not let the man in the White House mislead and use you to further his own agenda.  He will try to get your votes by making you to believe that the Republicans are anti-Hispanic because they want to seal the border, but that effort is not an attack on Hispanics as much as it is a protection against the criminals and terrorists who want to bring their mayhem to our very doorsteps, including yours.  Do not let Obama use you!

In the mid 1930’s, Hitler used the same tactics with the Jewish population and once he established his power base he turned on them and you know the results of that calamity.  Let the case of George Zimmerman be a warning!  The Obama controlled main stream media worked hard to make Zimmerman appear to be a “white man,” when in fact he has Hispanic origins.  Obama did this so the Mexican/American community wouldn’t relate to Zimmerman when the administration made a special effort to get him convicted.

Obama’s comment about a son who would look like Treyvon Martin was the first step in that effort.  Obama even went so far as having the judge offer the jury the option of lesser charges if it would bring a guilty verdict!

All these clues should set off some alarms in your early warning system and give you a clue about the people Obama really cares about; they are Black or they are Muslim.  If you are one of his chosen people you are a Black/Muslim.

It is not the intent of the Republican party to deport all illegal aliens and their children as Obama would have you believe.  That is a scenario that is abhorrent to all Republicans.  A controlled border first, and then a path to citizenship is all Republicans want.  Don’t let Obama destroy all that with his orchestrated campaigns.  If anything has become clear about Obama, it is that he manipulated the voting population by making use of his data collection and he will try to do it again.  Don’t fall victim to this tyrant!