Dr Raley's Blog

Snowboarding etc

Took my second snowboarding lesson today at Sun/Ski. I think that it is going to be fun-humbling when my teacher is 18-but he certainly knows what he is doing. I had a couple of good falls today-hope the snow is more forgiving than the carpet.

You know the Foo Fighters are going to be in OKC on Tuesday night. I had originally planned on going, then decided not to, but may change again. I mean-this is a big time rock band in Oklahoma-how often does that happen?

As I have always told you -I am available 24 hrs a day 7 days a week-but I do like to sleep, at least some. So after 10pm and until 6 in the morning the nurse triage service at SFH answers my calls. This service is not free-I am charged for every call.

So a few guidelines-if you think that you need to go into the ER in the middle of the night b/c your child has been vomiting for 12 hrs in a row, has a fever of 104-105 and you are worried or if your child has severe abdominal pain or a hard time breathing-go to the ER. You do not need to call me-a parent's instinct is almost always right. But if you need to call, by all means call. If the nurse on call needs me, she will call me.

However, many things can wait until the morning-you can always show up at 8 to be seen w/out an appt.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend-hope your had your flushot/flumist. If not-be a bubble boy-(what a great Seinfeld episode that was.) Remember-George having a fight with the bubble boy-its "Moops!" Then Kramer burning down the cabin-what a classic episode!

Fiesta Bowl

Well, another Fiesta Bowl, another day of mourning for me.  Man-one team came to play the other team came for a vacation.  Pretty bad performance for the Sooners.

You know on Thanksgiving we had the waffle with corn meal and bacon for breakfast.  On Christmas we had sour cream blueberry pancakes that were awesome and then on New Years had pozole with shrimp and scallops.

What traditional foods do you all eat on holidays?  Post the recipes if you really like the dish.  This was my mother-in-laws table for Christmas Eve.  A little over the top. 

Football pics

Future Auburn Tiger-or is it War Eagle?-I am never sure.

Football Season

As most of you know-I am an OU fan and will be going to all the home games and to OU/Texas October 8. So weekends when there is a home game-I will not be available for a Saturday clinic but will be available on the following Sunday.

Next week is a very big game-OU/Miami-I have been waiting over 20 years for this game. The last one in Norman when I was in school we lost. (Troy Aikman broke his leg, Jamelle Holloway came in-and the rest is history)-anyway that game is at 11-so I will not be available during the game time. You can always send me an email during this time-remember-if something is really going and your question cannot wait for a few hours-you should have your child seen.

So to celebrate football season-send me pictures of your little Sooners, Razorbacks, Hurricanes, this pains me-little Longhorns, this really pains me-little Pokes-or other schools ( Boise State or USC will not be posted:),
and I will begin a new album.

Also I will be going on vacation 9/18-9/21-Drs Baxter and O'Sullivan will be covering in the office with Dr Moncada in the hospital.