def bytesToWord(high, low):
   """Convert two byte buffers into a single word value
       shift the first byte into the work high position
       then add the low byte
        Args:
            high: byte to move to high position of word
            low: byte to place in low position of word
        Returns:
            word: the final value
        Raises:
            None
   """   
   word = (high << 8) + low
   return word