8-19-2010

Hi everyone, there really isn't much to update you on except that my surgery got moved from today to Monday. There were some emergency transplants that came in so everyone got bumped. It was a tough pill to swallow at first, but as they days have gone by, my mod has gotten better. To make matters worde, the location was moved as well. Instead of Thornton hospital, it got moved to Hillcrest which is bit further down the freeway. I am hoping it is as good as Thornton.

As far as the surgery goes, they will be cutting a 6 inch incision about 3 inched below my armpit. Then they will spread open my ribs and go in and cut out the infected part of the lung. The whole thing shouldn't take longer than 2 hours. All in all, I should be in the hospiatl for 5-7 days, with 4-6 weeks of recovery at home to follow. They are expecting me to be in a good amount of pain due to the whole rib spreading thing, but that's what good meds are for right. I really don't think anything could be worse than the crap I had to deal with the last time I was in the hospital. We shall see.

Outside of that, I've been feeling well and waiting impatiently for Monday. Evey and I go out just about every day for a good 3-5 mile walk with Floyd, which has been very good for my lung strength. I feel as though I'm going into surgery as strong as can be, so now it's up to the doctors. I just hope they go in there and cut out all of the infection. It is going to be a very difficult discussion for all parties involved if they tell me there is still some infection. OK, negative thoughts out... I just want to get past the surgery, recover as quickly as possible and move on to the bone marroe transplant. Then my friends, I start to get my life back and i am once again a happy boy. Take care everyone and enjoy the summer, especially since it just started a few days ago. I'll send out another update soon after the surgery.