Dave's x-ray didn't show anything but arthritis. (Told ya so) That Rheumatoid AR is a nasty thing. Long story short, they gave Dave something else to help control the pain....Fentanyl patches. He puts one on every 3rd day. Also a physical therapist will be coming to the house to work with him. I think this is a "wonderful" idea because all he's done for a year is sit in the house....no exercise at all. That will help him get some strength back so maybe he'll get outside and get around better when the weather turns nice. Since the next 4 or 5 days it's going to be nice out I bet he'll sit outside on the deck. He's also supposed to start wearing a TENS unit. A TENS unit is a therapy used to treat pain. It delivers electrical impulses to nerve pathways which can help control or relieve some of the pain. I hope that helps him.

Cody is doing much better. He's not wearing his sling anymore and is back to working for Jim Book at Alley Auto Sales. Considering how much pain he was in I'm really surprised that he only missed about 4 days of work. He's been stretching and stuff so that he doesn't stiffen up and I think that's helped a lot.