Dear (((Bettie)))! Sounds like the doctor is probably sick of those HMOs and does know how to beat them at their own game. I have heard that bone cancer is one of the most painful cancers. Hopefully she will not linger and suffer, as she does sound terminally ill. I was going to phone you at 9:00 pm, but then I remembered that you were up at 4:00 am, and didn’t want to wake you if you were sleeping. I had your favorite of my granddaughters here today as her mother had a dental appointment. I made her up a doctor’s kit with stuff from a first aid kit we had extra. She spent the afternoon wrapping and taping Ruffuss’s "broken legs." And he was a trooper and just laid there like he really did have broken legs. She put a cervical collar on Zac my smallest dog and it’s the same dog that bit her a couple of weeks ago, and she has the scar to show for it on her forehead. She had it on him before he knew what hit him. Her and her sister are coming over for a "leapover" tomorrow. Keeps me away from gambling anyways, and that’s why I have them here several times a week. Carole