John and I were up nice and early so we could arrive at the Urgent Care clinic in Uvalde when it opened at 8 a.m. We arrived just as the doors were unlocked and were soon taken back to an exam room to see Dr. Peraz. The doctor explained the results of John's MRI saying that he has a lot of arthritis in his neck and that the space between discs is being compressed by it thus pinching the nerves. He suggested staying on the meds he prescribed a bit longer since they seemed to be helping and John is feeling much better. Once he gets off of them and things don't continue to improve, the next step is seeing a neurologist about receiving an injection in the neck area to reduce more of the inflammation in that area. The final step would be surgery to clean out the area around the nerves in the neck. After talking to several folks this afternoon, John has decided to take a wait and see approach.

The doctor gave John another prescription for one of the meds, so we stopped at Wal Mart to get it filled and then made a stop at the hospital to pick up the MRI film and report so he would have it to give to another doctor if he chooses to pursue that avenue of treatment. After we got home John made a couple of salads for lunch and then we took a nice long walk around the fort. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon and so enjoyable to be outside. John went to wood carvers this evening and when he got home, we watched a couple of the college bowl games that are being televised over the next week.