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I had a busy week. I went to a society of Nuclear Medicine conference on Saturday in Chicago. The most interesting topic was the first speaker who talked about how the change in the health care system is going to effect the nuclear medicine reimburse rate. Sounds like our best bet is if the bundling program occurs. That is when a patient comes into the hospital the doctor is only allowed for example $10,000 worth of tests for each patient. This forces the doctor to only order the necessary tests. This is to get away from the defenssive medicine. The money that doesn't get used on the patient gets kicked back to the doctor in a cover your ass fund for if someone does decide to sue them. If the patient needs more than the $10,000 worth of testing then they are SOL. It sounds like a good idea but there is some problems.
I then met with old friends from my internship in Evanston with Giordano's pizza. My favorite. Then I headed to mass at St. Peter's in downtown Chicago for celebrating St.Mary's University 100 yr celebration. After that I picked up my friend Leonard from Nigeria. I met him in Tanzania in morogoro. He went to Jordan college University. Leonard is interested in joining the Salvatorians in America. As a gift he brought me a traditional Nigerian clothing. He told me that what were wearing is for royalty.
My parents then drove over from Minnesota to visit for two days. I showed them around Milwaukee and then I took them to my school where they had a cultural fair that day. We tasted many different foods from all over the world. The picture of Milwaukee is from the top floor of the US Bank building which is the tallest building in Milwaukee 42 floors. That day was called open Milwaukee where all the buildings are open to the public for people to explore. We had a wonderful dinner on the Harbour then we checked out the beach and I got a picture of my mom with  a full moon in the background.
The sunrise picture is from Racine Wisconsin at the Siena Center. All of us Candidates had a weekend retreat there. The topic was called transition. It was all about the transition from where we came from to where we are now and what to expect and what feelings one might go through.
Fall is here. This is the street that I live on in Milwaukee. Lots of reds, oranges, and yellows right now. The trees are already starting to shed.  I am going to try enjoy the fall colors as long as they last.