Fast Developments

Everything has started to move at a fast pace. We have met the criteria to participate in the surgical procedure being performed at UCSF. Dr. Harrison, the head of the program, has contacted us and has requested that we come to San Francisco next week for final testing and prep for surgery next week. Even though this news is great we still have a couple of large hurdles that must be crossed.

First we are working with the health insurance and the Doctor's staff to find our out of pocket expenses for this procedure. We hope to have this finalized by Friday. If the insurance will cover the procedure and all of the testing involved then this improves our chance of having the procedure performed

The second hurdle is that we still have questions on the ability of the procedure to provide an overall improvement in the survivability of JJ. We are scheduled to have a conference call with Dr Harrison to discuss the impact of the surgery and the positive/negative outcomes from the procedure.

We have already started to make preliminary arrangements in case this is the path we are to go down. To really complicate matters, we are scheduled to travel to Las Vegas to spend the weekend there with our neighbors. A fun trip, we would hate to miss out on this bit of rest and relaxation time. We are really needing it with everything that has been going on.

Just an update I started physical therapy yesterday and the physical therapist said my range of motion is ahead of schedule. I will continue my rehab and should be released from restrictions by next week. A big thanks to my co-worker Cindy who was nice enough to pick me up and give me a ride to work today for a meeting. Working from home has helped me get caught up, but I do miss the office interaction.