We made it to Vail just in time for Lori’s appointment. The doctor was really a nice guy who is really qualified. He explained in detail what his job is and what we should expect. Looks like he’s the guy that makes the initial incesion to avoid the nerve we talked about yesterday. They’ll set a pen like X-ray thing on her neck and then he’ll make a cut hoping to get under the nerve. Best case is it’s on top but it’s hard to tell until a cut is made. It runs along a major blood vessel so if it’s not right there, he’ll follow the blood vessel until he finds it. He’ll then take the whole esophogus and all that stuff and move them to the side so Dr. Don can get to the spine. Then 3 hours later she should be done. For the first week she’ll eat thick runny cool things like yogurt and protein shakes but no stuff like hamburgers or hot food. Looks like no turkey and stuffing for her! Oh by the way, Dr. Don is this guys doctor! It’s good to go to the doctor that other doctor’s go to!
We ran in to a man at Ty’s school performance last night who had the same procedure done down here at Lutheran Hospital and apparently they DID hit the nerve as his voice hasn’t healed and was pretty raspy. He’s been out 6 weeks now and was supposed to be talking normal after 2 weeks! He also had a huge scar that freaked the misses out but I told her she could always wear makeup! Our doc yesterday did stick a tube with a camera down Lori’s nose and into her throat yesterday to check out the voice box and all the stuff down there. it was pretty cool as I watched the whole thing on a tv screen. Everything looked great but the misses is understandably a bit nervous. This is a big deal and a big operation but we’re in the best hands possible and we have to do it so we can get rid of the headache (hopefully, you never know for sure) and who knows what will happen to our insurance with you know who in office!
Last night Ty’s performance was all about America. All songs were patriotic including the Star Spangled Banner. This was probably the best performance ever and lots of parents told the teacher so. Funny but yesterday a school district in South Dakota decided to outlaw the kids from saying the Pledge of Allegiance in the mornings. There reasoning was they couldn’t find the 10 seconds each day to do so! What’s wrong with some people. Older vets at the school board meeting walked out in tears. Wonder what would have happened if they were too busy to defend those peoples freedoms?
Today I have to head downtown at 7:30 and then will be home around 10 with lots of work to do. I’m going to run now as it’s 6:20 and I’m running out of time. Hope everyone is well, God Bless.