Perfect Practice/Practice Perfect
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"In the next couple of days we will do a few more tests, Wendy, and then start you on the latest regiment to see if we can slow down the progress of the disease. New things have come on the market since your mother contracted the disease, and a few of the procedures look promising." Wendy took two tissues from the box Doctor Bricker had placed by her chair and blew her nose. Grabbing a few more, she wiped her eyes and straightened her back. "The tests and other things you mentioned will have to wait a week or so, Doctor Bricker. Randy will be playing in the United States Opening starting Wednesday, and I am his caddy." I don't think that's advisable, Wendy. We need to start as quickly as we can. Randy can find another caddy." Wendy stood up, reached out her hand to the doctor and spoke with authority. "I will be Randy's caddy for the U.S. Open, Doctor Bricker. We will discuss my treatments once Randy finishes playing in the U.S. Open.
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About the Book
"Young lady, I've known you and your brother from the first day you both sat in these very same chairs as I told your mother why she was having trouble tripping over things. I know you're strong, Wendy, and you are going to need this strength in the next few years. You do have the very early stages of Neuro-Muscular Dystrophy, the same disease that affected your mother." As the doctor told her what to expect and how longt it would take for each stage to progress, there was no shouting or jumping up and pounding the nearest thing to her. Wendy sat quietly on the edge of the chair and listened as tears silently rolled down her cheeks to her lap. Once she reached over and took Randy's hand and held it tight as Doctor Bricker explained the things she should be aware of in the coming months and years.
About the Author
This is the author's twelfth book since his retirement from the world of finance and auditing. A number of his ideas come while he is jogging around Lake Hefner in Northwest Oklahoma City. Other ideas come from his travels with his wife, and sometimes, his grandchildren, in different parts of this small planet. One such book, "Escape from Kilimanjaro," came from his attempted climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa at the age of sixty-eight. He made it to the base of the summit and was attempting the final push to the top when his guide stopped him. The author's spirit wanted to go on but his mind and body overruled, so did the guide who had the final say. He was forced to turn his back on the goal he had worked on for months and descend. This book was written from the love he has had for the game of golf, beginning when he was ten years old and searching for golf balls in the lakes surrounding the 9 hole golf course in the small town of Rushville, Illinois, where he grew up.