Saturday, December 22, 2007

Has breakfast at Panera in Chevy Chase with Terry Lierman who is now Chief-of –Staff to House leader Steny Hoyer (an old friend). We discussed the usual politics and I mentioned that the only job that I would take in a new administration is Secretary of HHS. Terry said that everyone knows in the democratic party that I am most qualified, but that I have “a Bush problem” in that I am too closely associated over the years with the Bush’s. Such is Life; I am not at all upset about this since who knows what will happen and besides, I do not covet the job. Dec. 23-27, 2007 – Discovered that Megan has an 8 mm left ovarian cyst – likely a dermoid that needs to come out for fear of torsion/twisting since it is so big. She is seen by Mark Reiter’s group and Mark is arranging to have it removed on Dec. 31 laparoscopically by a woman in his practice. He will assist. He is giving her the VIP treatment, but I know too little about the laparoscopic skill of the people in his practice. I do not want to upset the apple-cart, but ordinarily I would get David Jacobs involved; yet I do not want to interfere with the natural flow. David would probably insist that someone else outside that practice do the procedure. Mark wants to be in charge since he delivered Megan and feels a strong responsibility to her. I am conflicted and will hope for the best.