As we approach July 4th, I want to update you on my progress. I am delighted to report the past three days, i have felt about 85% recovered and pain-free. While I am still week and need PT and OT for balance and right arm weakness, I am driving short distances and have company come visit. Tomorrow, I am BBQing for 10 friends who've been like family and have been wonderful to Es and me during this ordeal. Also having had all four grandchildren last week was incredibly strong medicine. Thank you all for your support. Between getting Covid, having an unnecessary heart invasive test and the cervical spine surgery, I've had a rough first 6 months of 2023. I am really grateful for all the support of Esther and the family and all our friends. The docs and therapy staffs have been amazing and I am feeling like a new man. I am not a particularly religious man, but I feel blessed and most fortunate. I confess, I was scared out of my mind. so I thank all the forces in play, known and not fully understood by me. It's a happy 4th for me. Be well everyone. Thank you.