Bronchoscopy done!

The bronchoscopy is done and was very different from last time. This one was way more uncomfortable, he is better now that it is done, but he would have liked to not have to do it. However Dr. Peng, the incompetent man who we would not let touch him, is calling the shots till Dr.Moore returns from vacation. So this evil man insisted and it showed that everything was fine. So I am glad we know but they were pretty sure it was fine before, but oh well, it is over. The good news: it was probably just a staple or stitch coming loose and it will heal and is healing on its own now. Probably one more day with the chest tube on suction, one without and then home free. Keep your fingers crossed it all pans out.
Sending my love to you all.
Keagan

Another Day

Today Rob has a bronchoscopy scheduled, I am not sure on the time, but hopefully early. They was to see if he has the leak near the incision on the trachea or a popped stitch somewhere else. They are thinking this is a small hole that will mend itself; he will have to stay in the hospital for a few days to make sure it heals well. The chest tube is still in and the drainage had subsided, but like I said they can see air leaking.
His spirits are doing good. He is just glad that he is getting fixed, plus the bed there is way more comfy than the one at our house. Thank you for all your thought and good wishes. We love you all and appreciate everything. Hopefully he will go home this weekend and he can pick up the blog, he is much better than I.
Love to you all.
Keagan

Never Ending

We are glad to say that the drainage is slowing from his lung, however (you know there is always an however or a but) he does have a small hole in the lung and the doc thinks that it is healing on its own. So he is now in room 1012 and is not allowed to walk for 48 hours as to let the lung heal. To top off the week, i found out I have a possible torn meniscus and have to do physical therapy to see if it gets better, if not surgery for me, then driving home from a long night at the hospital I was talking to my friend Bre on how rejuvenated I felt and things are looking up (on speaker I ad) and got pulled over and issued a ticket for talking on a cellular device. So looks like we are not allowed to get feeling too good, someone is trying to keep us down...bastards! But I am just looking at it like he was going to get layed off if he didn't make his ticket quota and I was the last one, so I saved a cops job today! Thank you for all the support and love. Love to you all, sorry for the typos last time I was running on 3 hours of sleep and well I'm used to more.
Keagan
p.s don't talk on your cell phone and drive!

Recovering well

I know last night's blog came as a surprise to some of you but just to let you know he is doing quite well....back in the south wing of the hospital working those nurses to the bones...just kidding he is very appreciative. So we arrived at the ER last night around 7 and finally got the chest tube in at 3:10 am this morning, then got to our room and asleep around 4:45 am, I got 3 beautiful hours of sleep before i awoke to start the grind all over. He was very tough and once looped up (they did a conscious sedation) had very funny things to say. Examples: one of the first comments was about Rambo and maybe like he felt like him cause he could feel what was going on. Then something about nothing and lot like that to follow (slurring is hard to understand) Then when they were starting and he could feel it he asked politely to "please excuse me if I curse" then let out a loud F*** me and some shits. That was followed (once done) with some thank yous and you did a great job...was I tough, I'm strong...everst...alpine assent...Do you know Frank Slackman? I trained him for that...he climbed Everest....he is my hero...we second to my wife. She is pretty and thin, i usually get the big girls (there was a "big" girl in the room, awkward!) ad things started to calm down from there...As you can see we all got a preview of a really drunk Ron and so we know he has this man crush on Frank and thinks he is Rambo. But still polite!
He is in good spirits and just laughs now, of course this cant be easy, he never half asses anything. We are frustrated at being in the hospital more and more, but it is becoming cozy. Thank you for all you thought, prayers, and love. We love reading comments it brightens his day so please keep them coming. I feel like I have provided you with an accurate occurrence of this morning events and with that several options for funny comments.
Love to you all.
Keagan

Back in Hospital

SO some bad news.... as you have read he was having some chest pains and today they just kept getting worse. So we headed up to our home away from home to find out that yesterday when he was doing his breathing drills something happened to his lung and it partially collapsed, so he will be in the hospital for a few days and they are insterting the chest tubes again tonight/this morning around three...so long night for us!!! Just wanted to give you all a heads; up we are not sure how long he will need to stay with the tubes this time and obviously we will not be home to accept visitors here!!! Thank you all so much for your love and support, sorry for any typos, it is way past my bed time!
Keagan

Can't Sleep

I've been up since 3am and cannot seem to get my body in a comfortable position. My magic adjustable bed cant seem to find the right position. Last night prior to going to sleep Keagan and I took a walk. Physically, during that walk, I felt the best I have felt since prior to surgery. Once we returned to the house I worked on my spirometer and hit a new personal best of 3500 ml. From that moment on my chest has been killing me. I don't know what I did but it hurts. It makes me nervous because the pain is directly in the middle of my chest (sternum) over my heart. It radiates on and off and wraps around my rib cage in the area of my removed rib. Also, I feel like I have some sort of liquid in my lungs. I can feel it gurgle as I breath in. I have tried to cough it up, but the pain of coughing is too much for me to continue. I have taken my meds early hoping this will help.

For the moment sitting up seems to help. My patience is tested with moments like this. I get aggravated with any sign or symptom of regression. I can't wait to get back to normal life. I want to lay in my own bed and wrap my arms around my wife as we sleep. I want to drive myself to work and get back in the weight room. I keep hearing stories from friends about these great workouts that they are having. Hearing this makes me jealous. The aggravation of regression digs at me and makes me testy.

I am writing this blog mostly to vent and get out my anger at this situation. I grow tired of being inside all day long. There are only so many movies to watch and so much work to do on the computer. I have tried reading, however it still seems to make me dizzy. Maybe a book on CD would be something new to try.

Anyhow, I guess you could say that I'm getting a little tired of this routine and am ready for a change. I have many visitors lined up for today, I only hope that I'm feeling better prior to their arrival.

Thank you for listening to my complaining. It helps me vent through write out my thoughts. I hope you all are doing well.

- Robert

Chest Pain and Frustration

I woke up this morning feeling refreshed and well rested. I took a trip to safeway with Keagan to get some food for the week and slowly started to develop some odd chest pains. By the end of our trip I was hurting pretty badly. It then dawned on me that I was 2 hours past due on my meds. I don't know exactly what muscles they moved around and what bones they put pressure on, however I feel a great deal of chest pain in my sternum quite often. My best educated guess is pain radiating from my removed rib.?.

Anyway, after I took my meds and rested for a few minutes the pain slowly went away and I'm feeling rather good at the moment. John Perry, my good friend, came over today for lunch. Again, off to Mr. Pickles (my favorite) for lunch and returned to the house for a nice talk. I feel like I'm making good gains physically and mentally during this recovery mostly because I'm not bottling up any frustrations I have. Keagan has been my shoulder to cry on and is always willing to listen to my complaints. John brings something else to the table though, he is not worried about telling me like it is and I truly appreciate that.

Prior to this surgery I felt like the majority of my frustrations came from financial issues (i.e. paying off my student loans). After having experienced this and now looking back, I feel like these big frustrations that I had have been reduced dramatically. At no point did I ever feel like my life was in danger during the surgery nor do I feel like I had this life changing experience. I feel like I simply see things in a different prospective now. Health and family come first over all and everything else follows behind. I feel blessed to be on my way to recovery and to have such a fantastic support team (my family and all my friends) helping me through this chapter of my life.

I'm ready to get back to work and have put in a request to my Doctor to allow me to return to work on Thursday morning (30th). I have not heard anything back yet and I'll let you all know once I do. Any day, from this point forward, that I feel unhappy or unmotivated about going to work I'm going to reflect on my first two days returning home from the hospital and remember how I felt then. I am grateful for my job and am ready to get back at it. I miss my clients and co workers, I miss the noise of the weights, the feel of the pull up bar, and I even miss my little closet office and the noise of the basketballs bouncing. I'm still not 100% and feel that it will take me three or four months of rehab to get to that point. However I do believe that returning to work will boost my moral and assist me in healing even faster.

Thank you for reading and I hope to see you soon.

- Robert

Mr.Pickles, Block Buster, and Yogurt Ville

Friday and Saturday have turned in to two very good days. My pain level is way down and I got the best night of sleep last night than I have had in the last two weeks. I ventured outside the house today taking a trip across the street to Mr. Pickles for lunch with my boss Scott and my wife Keagan. We had a very nice time eating out under the sun. It felt great to get out of the house and move around. After lunch Keagan and I went to Yogurt Ville for desert followed by Block buster so we could rent some movies ("He's just not that in to you" - is actually a pretty good movie).

Special thanks to Barb Johns for bringing me the biggest bag of home made beef jerky ever (Fantastic!), to Elizabeth Shults for bringing Keagan and I dinner and desert on Friday, Chris and Gen Shick for the beautiful fruit bouquet which we ate today as a mid afternoon snack, and to Kim Saca, Lesan Dorfler, and Julia Kelly for buying us pizza for dinner Friday night. Thank you all so much! Not having to prepare food has been a blessing.

On a more personal note, my incision has swelled up and began to blister due to a allergic reaction to the sterile strips they used to hold it together. I had to take the 35 minute drive back out to Kaiser Roseville to get some medicine to put on it. It feels much better now. My energy level is up, I've been taking longer walks and have removed my mid day nap from my schedule. For some reason when I bend forward I get this terrible pain in my chest. This is pretty much the only major pain I feel during movement (except for coughing - oh man does that hurt).

Sunday we are taking a trip to placerville to watch the NASCAR race and be away from the home for a little while. It makes me nervous riding in the car, but I need to get away for a couple hours. There are certain times of the day where I feel normal and feel like I could go back to work, then a half hour later after walking around the house I have to lay down because Im short of breath and getting dizzy. I'm ready to get back to my normal routine, but I know that its important for me to recover. Thank you again to everyone for their help. See you all soon.

Robert

Christmas in July

Thursday morning (yesterday) my buddy John and I are watching a movie when I hear the door bell ring. He says "are you expecting anyone?"

I said, "no"

I opened the door to see Dean and Suzy Jansen with a laundry basket full of presents for me. I was totally blown away! In my basket I found: Nerf footballs, jump rope, boxers, a luffa and soap, cereal boxes, snack, games, and a variety of other goodies. I kept saying out loud, "This is like Christmas!"

I just wanted to thank both of you for being so kind and thoughtful with this gift. I now have plenty of goodies and games to keep me occupied when I'm tired or board.

Later in the day Barb Johns brought over meat loaf, mashed potatoes, and salad. Man was it good! Thank you Barb for taking the long drive over to feed me.

Other news: I received my hospital bed yesterday. I was so excited to use it and finally get a good night sleep. I went to bed at 9:00 last night and woke up at midnight. As I tried to press the button to move me up so I could change positions the bed went dead. Nothing works on it. So now I'm stuck in this one position. I woke Keagan up and asked her to try and fix it. She unplugged it over and over again, checked every cord to make sure its plugged in, but nothing worked. Keagan had to literally pick me up off the bed so I could move around. I spent the rest of the night in my chair (not too great to sleep on). I plan of having a new one delivered to me later today.

I woke up early today and took a walk before the sun rose. Its so nice out at that time of the day. The air feels cleaner. I'm doing a lot of work on the lap top today, trying to stay busy, however I will have to take a few movie breaks.

I hope you are all doing well. Have a great weekend.

- Robert

Feeling Better

Yesterday (Wednesday) was a rough day. It started off well and progressively got worse. I had a little emotional break down. My sister Amanda, my wife Keagan, and my friends Elizabeth Shults and John Perry all had separate talks with me that all made me feel much better. My problem is that I bottle up my emotions and feelings until its overwhelming and I just break. I had been bottleing things up for weeks and never really faced any of the issues that I was going to have to deal with during this entire process. Getting it all out made me feel so much better. I feel like a weight was lifted off of me. Today is going to be a better day.

I want to thank Elizabeth Shults for the cookies she brought over as well as Katherine Benbrook and Laurie Jasper for bringing cookies and lunch for us on Wednesday. I really appreciate it and I'm sorry I wasn't in better spirits.

Lunch has become an issue for me lately. I just don't want to eat. I'm not sure why, I love sandwiches and pizza and all the foods that have been brought to me, however I can hardly eat any of it. Dinner is a different story, I have no problems eating, but it is still less then I would normally eat. Maybe because I'm not exercising my body has toned down its caloric needs? I'm not sure.

I addressed my sleeping problem yesterday by renting a hospital bed. I was sleeping well in the hospital all through the night due to the bed that can adjust to any position I want. Trying to get up and down out of my bed causes muscle spasms and intense pain in my chest. I think I will be much happier with the hospital bed. The only problem with it is that the bed itself will probably take up the entire living room. I'll apologize ahead of time for anyone coming to visit, please excuse the mess.

I got up at seven this morning to take my mile walk with Keagan, I had to stop a few times just to gather my breath, but its getting much better. Keagan is my biggest blessing. She is always smiling at me and blowing me kisses. She is so positive and caring, I'm a lucky man. Have you all seen "Jerry McGwire?" Its a movie staring Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding Jr. There is a part in that movie where Cuba describes Jerry as being his "Ambassador of Quan." He describes it as the person with ultimate care in their heart, respect, reliable, trusting, and loving. He expresses how that person is always there for them and is truly their best friend. That's what Keagan is to me, she is my "Ambassador of Quan." I thank my creator every day for her, she truly is my biggest blessing.

I attached a video clip from Jerry McGwire if you would like to see where the word "Quan" came from. (there is some bad language in it so don't let your kids watch)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0fizqifumk


My plan for today is to work on the computer a bit and see if I can get some work done. I had planned on coming back to work this Sunday and I believe I will not meet that goal. I may shoot for late next week or just start fresh in August. Thank you all for following the blog. I appreciate all the comments that you leave. It makes me feel like I still get to interact with all of you. I miss my co-workers, I miss my clients, and I miss my family that all came to help out and take care of me. I'm so grateful for my parents coming to visit and helping me through that first week. I am grateful for my sister, Amanda, for bringing me home, cooking me meals, and for listening to my venting. I'm grateful for my brother Chris and sister in law Buffy for taking off valuable days of work to come down and check in on me on surgery day. I'm grateful for all of my visitors in the hospital and, now, at my home. You all have no idea how much you mean to me.

Everyday gets a little better...some times its hard to see that when I'm looking at myself every day. When I really focus and think about how I was just two days ago I see how much better I have become. That is inspiring and makes me feel like it will all work out in the end.

- Robert

Home and Walking

I got up today and took a long walk around the neighborhood (about 1 mile) that took me about 25 minutes. It felt good to get out of the house and move my body before it got too hot. I was blessed with visits from my best bud John Perry who came over and watched some movies with me, Steve Johns brought me a sandwich to snack on as I gave him the 5 minute crippled old man tour of the house prior to retreating back to my chair for comfort. Patrice and the girls from my 1o:00 Monday and Wednesday class brought me over a basket with goodies in it (my sister Amanda and Keagan cant stay away from the cookies! - I loved them, however my appetite is not permitting me to eat more). Just wanted to thank all of you for your efforts and visits (I love it). Jerry Cremins came over and spent at least 30 minutes working on fixing my Air Conditioner. Can't thank you enough for that Jerry.

I took a second walk around noon with John to keep my exercise up (about 1/2 mile) and I'll take another one tonight once its gets cooler. I had a bad moment today for about 2 hours where I got very depressed and upset at my situation. My negative nelly attitude was turned around by talking it out with my wife and sister. This is turning into much more of a challenge then I thought. I'm doing my best to stay positive and take each day as it comes.

My biggest discomfort is trying to sleep. I can't get comfortable! Sitting in the chair to sleep only last about 3 hours before I'm so stiff I can't move. Laying in bed is even worse. I'm going to try sleeping slightly propped up tonight on the futon. Its hard because of the cut and swelling around the entire left side of my body. If i lay on the left side it hurts very badly, if I lay on the other side the left side stretches and hurts just as much. So I'm stuck on my back for now.

I only tell all of you this so I can get it out and not tuck it away in my head. By no means do I expect any sympathy. I think the best way for me to deal with my emotions through this entire thing is to put it out there for all of you to read. You all know me pretty well and know that I communicate better being straight forward with people. Basically what I'm trying to say is that I'm not really going to hold anything back in these posts. I'll let you know when I'm having good days and when I'm having not so good days. I appreciate you all and thank you so much for everything!

- Robert

Pictures

The Removal of the chest tubes...very fast and very painful. But once out they feel so much...since he is being pumped full of fluids and had not had a BM in six days...he is all puffy and bloated all over...his legs were huge!!! This is only part of the wound, the rest of the stitches wrap around the back and up the shoulder. Thought you would all like to see the pics!

Calendar for Generous food donations!!!

Here is a list for the next two weeks...as Rob stated earlier we are very appreciative for all you support. Love to you all.
keagan

July dates

21- Bryon: lunch
Amanda: dinner
22- Laurie: lunch
23- Barb: dinner
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Home at Last

Hello Everyone, I'm finally home after being discharged today (Monday) at 3:00. Earlier today I took my first BM in six days, man did it feel good. Took me 45 minutes of tough negotiations, but I was the victor in the end. My six days stuck in bed and taking three 10 minute walks a day became very boring and repetitive. My body has literally began to shrink as I do not overload it with any weights. My left arm is very weak having had my left latisiumus dorsi cut. Any kind of pulling movement sends my side and back into spasm. I notice it slowly getting better every day as I try my best to use it.

The chest and back pain was more then I thought is was going to be. I'm consistently uncomfortable for now. I have some great drugs and am slowly getting better. Small things like pulling up my shorts after going to the bathroom, shaving, and washing my feet have become terrible difficult. I stay positive though, knowing that every day I get a little stronger. My original idea of returning to work on Sunday my have been unrealistic. I think I may need another week. I'm not sure though.

I hope you are all doing well and thank you again to all of you for the gifts, thoughts, prayers, calls, and text messages. Keagan is going to set up a little schedule due to a popular demand to want to bring me food. Please remember I have a very small desire to eat, so please don't bring too much. I can't tell you how grateful Keagan and I are with your offers to do so. I love you all and hope you will come to see me soon.

Late mornings seem to be when I'm at my best, so if you would like to come for a visit please come from 10 am to 2 pm (unless for dinner).

10738 Paiute Way
Rancho Cordova CA 905670

Funny story, Keagan and I decided to take a nap yesterday in the afternoon. I slid over in my tight little medical bed to make room for my wife. We both feel asleep snoring with our mouths open. Mark Kassenbrock and daughter Rachael came by to say hello. We woke up about 15 minutes after they left. Mark just let us sleep and left his gift on the chair telling me "you guys looked way to cute to wake you up." Thanks again Mark and Rach!

- Robert

Coming Home

Just sending a quick update...we got word that the Doc is going to take out the chest tube today...any minute actually and then he has one more day and he should be coming home tomorrow (Monday)!!! I am so excited...it will be nice having him home, but also the drives to Roseville and sleeping on a window sill are over! Yeah. Plus we will get to see a lot more visitors. Barb...if you would like to start a calendar for meals that would be wonderful...I am not sure the best way to do it (my sister has already claimed wed, July22). You all are so kind and generous to offer to help. I am getting tired so I know I need to let others help us in some way. Thank you for all the love and support. Love to you all.
Keagan

Maybe out Monday

We got news from the doctor that he has to leave the chest tube in a little longer, he is still having drainage and we want to make sure that it is all out before we remove the chest tube. We were hoping for today but it turns out that we will be looking at more like tomorrow (Sunday) or possible Monday. He has to stay in the hospital around one day after the tube is removed to make sure that all is well. He is now managing his pain mostly by pill (NORCO) and that is a good sign. He only needed to use his pump twice yesterday...he is really tough. They should be removing his JP and cath pump that goes directly to his would soon. The pump is empty and the JP thingy is only collecting a small amount of fluid. Hope that happens soon, they are heavy and pull on him while he is trying to walk.
He got up three times yesterday and was wiped after each trip. But getting stronger. He also is improving on his breath capacity, getting to 2300ml at times! Unfortunately I have no more funny stories for today, but i will keep on the look out...thank you for all your support, love and prayers. I know lots of you are eager to visit and bring him some food. I will try and work out a system for all that when he comes home. I will post our address and directions. He is accepting a few visitors now, just please remember that he needs rest so keep the visits short and low on energy. Thank you all so much, the flowers that have been sent are wonderful, THANK YOU. Even Rob is not too manly for flowers!
Love to you all, keagan

Moving forward

Last night was his first night out of the ICU and it was an adjustment from the 2:1 care. He got some good sleep but then woke up in some amount of pain when the nurses read the orders wrong and turned the suction back on the chest tube... it was supposed to be on drainage only. SO that sucked, also since he was sleeping soundly they didn't do the breathing treatment so his chest was tight. . . Then they also didn't help rotate him so he was stuck in the same position...all equalling discomfort. But not to worry he rapidly pushed the PCP pump and started to feel better.
On a more comical...well for us girls....his trip from the ICU to the regular room was quite a challenge. His "driver" kept running into things and insisting that he not walk to the chair and then let his catheter bag drag and the chest tube drainage...then when trying to get him into bed it was on the wrong side and he told her and she insisted she was right. But swung him around and then ran over the catheter bag...pulling....pain!!! he just stood up and walked away from her. We no longer like her...and he is recovering from the yank! So, Bob, there was no SPARTA yelled but maybe and f*** you!...No he is really nice to everyone, even the janitors, he asks their name and how they are doing. As you can all imagine, I was not there. If i was this lady would have been dropped...we have not have kids yet!

Moving out of ICU

The news of the day: Rob will be moving out of the ICU today. He will be moving to 1 south, not sure what room yet. Still visitors are limited and he needs to recover so we ask that if you come, be patient and he might not want to see anyone. Our house will be open for visitors when he comes back. Another plus is that the Doc came by and said that he was doing well and more active than usual recoveries. He has the chest tube off suction and is just draining so that is also an improvement. Continue to wish him the beast and send good vibes, it is helping, his spirits are high.
Love to you all,
Keagan

Still in ICU

Just a quick update...Rob is going to remain in the ICU for another day...he is in some amount of pain. . . and has grown very fond of the 2:1 ratio (patient:nurse). The doctor suggested to stay in the ICU as long as he can because when he leaves he is "pretty much on his own". So we are getting as much one on one care as possible. Due to the fact that he is in the ICU the visitors are limited and rare. Like I stated before we will be accepting much more visitors at our house. Your thoughts and prayers are appreciated. I read each and every comment to him and he loves to listen. I spent the night there last night and will today and well lets just say it was...um...um...comfy?! Our love to you all.
Keagan

Surgery Done!!!

I know you have been all anticipating this message all day...i cannot find the Internet at the hospital though so is a little late. The surgery went well....it took an hour or so longer than expected. Dr. Moore debated a lot about taking the whole lung and decided on just taking the lower lobe. Thank heavens. So any how, the surgery was a success and he is recovering nicely. They had to take a rib which is common in this surgery, plus slimmer waist line!!!! BONUS! We are going to hold off on visitors until he is in a regular room, not ICU. Even then it will be limited. We will love to have open doors at our home when he comes home. I will post more info about visiting hours and availability as it comes up. Thank you for all the prayers, love and support...you all mean so much to us. Thank you and love to you all.

The day has come

I just got word that tuesday morning at 5:30 a.m. I'll be headed in for surgery. Physically, I'm feeling good. I am very confident in my doctor and his staff and have heard only great things about him. Thank you all for the support and well wishes I have been recieving. I'll do my best to post daily comments on how things are going. Keagan will also post visiting hours and other comments as well. I'll be thinking of you all and am going to do my best to get back to normal life as soon as possible. Take care and I'll see you all soon.

Blew my wad in Vegas

Its official...I'm broke! Just kidding, Keagan and I had a great time and we are currently in the airport in Las Vegas getting ready to head back home to Sac Town. We will be heading up to Zephyr Cove, Nevada (my old stomping ground) on saturday for my 10 year high school reunion. I'll work on sunday and monday and then be heading in to Kaiser Roseville to lose a few pounds. I'll try my best to post daily comments and updates, if not my loving wife (slave) will do it for me. I can just see it now. "Wife...take this down...I, Robert blah blah blah" I'll never hear the end of her having to take care of me. She is the best though!! Hope you all are doing well and I'll see you soon.

Robert

P.S. I would love to have visitors, however I have no idea of the visiting hours or if I'll be too drugged to enjoy anyones company. We will post visiting hours when we find out.

Workout of the day:
Burpees x 20
Thruster x 20
I'm just kidding, take a break while I'm gone and go get some ice cream!

Rob's is VEGAS!!!

Rob has taken a trip to prepare for surgery....to vegas???? Yes to Vegas. He is there for a conference and a certification. Now you might be thinking that a long party filled week in Vegas is not what someone preparing fore surgery should be doing....Well, lets remember who we are talking about. Vegas for Rob is not like Vegas for the rest of the world...there is no alcohol, no late night dancing, and nothing that needs to be left in Vegas! Of course thisis the wife speaking!! But even if there is no Vegas highlights to speak of, he is getting a vacation and some relaxing time away from his duties at work. I join him on Thursday and then back to town for his high school reunion. After this fun filled week and weekend...surgery awaits us, so wish him luck in his last week of freedom for a while!
Love to you all.

Surgery Scheduled

I wanted to start this blog to update all of you on Rob's progress so our ohone does not ring off the hook...not that I don't want to talk to all of you nice people. . . But this will be helpful. So Rob's surgery has been scheduled For Tuesday July 14. We do not have a time and I will let you all know when that is scheduled. We are very ready to have this surgery and get started on recovery. Wish us luck and feel free to make comments and they will all be passed on to Rob. Love you to all.