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Thank you. Where's Fielder?

He's gone to the dogs.

Hello, friend Steve Fielder here with you.

It's been a month since I spoke to you through

the Gone to the Dogs podcast. It's been a very relaxing in some ways and very hectic month

in others. The last podcast that we did was with my brother Randy, and we had no way of knowing.

When we cut that podcast, that Randy would go through a health challenge, one that we never want to go through.

I've been through it myself, I can tell you it is no walking park.

Randy suffered a heart attack and underwent bypass surgery with a valve replacement.

He went through recovery. He is doing well, and he is back home in Virginia, recuperating, rehabbing, and all that.

And we're just so thankful to the good Lord for his watchful care over Randy during this time.

I know that there were about 30 days that I went to the hospital every day, at least one,

sometimes twice.

So I've been busy since the last time I talked to you.

I wanted to do this what will probably be the last of the Gone to the Dog's podcast, although Buddy Woodbury at W. Hanging Supply has been

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