Info!

At long last, we have the packet of information about UAB and the surgery. Basically, I have to be there on Thursday at 11:00 and I won't leave again until they release me to go home. Dr. Pacifico will come and talk with me about the surgery sometime Thursday afternoon and then the surgery will be between 6:30 and 10:00 Friday morning. A specific time will be set Thursday afternoon when we talk to the doctor. After surgery, I'll spend a minium of 24 hours in ICU and then they'll move me to a room. 3 to 5 days later, I should get to go home.

The packet also included info on parking and hotels, so if anyone that's planning on coming needs that information, call or email me and I'll get it to you.

We've got less than a week to go now. The nerves are starting to kick in a little, but I think I'm doing pretty well. All of the reading and research I've done about it has helped I think. There's also been a lot of prayers offered up on my behalf, and I can't thank all of you enough for that and I just thank God Himself and praise Him that He's blessed me with people around me that care so much. It's meant so much to not only me, but to DeAnne as well.

I'll try and post again on Wednesday, but if I don't, it'll be after we get home before I get another chance to write. I'm going to try and remember everything I can and I hope to take some notes so that I'll be able to better post the experience here, but without a direct link to the internet so that I can get things up right away, I may forget something.

--Paul