After a very busy five weeks, Lori and I are ready to settle back and enjoy Spring.  

Since my last post, I have endured two surgical procedures and volunteered at three Robotics events.  The first surgery was an oral procedure to graft skin to my gums.  (Grafting material is harvested from the roof of the mouth and stitched into my gum line.  It's much more fun than it sounds.)  Best yet, I get to do it all again in about a month to protect my teeth on the other side of my mouth.   The other surgery was to correct a ligament and fascia that broke in my left ankle.  That broke last October.  I had to run the insurance gauntlet before they would allow and MRI to be taken.  The MRI finally happened in January, and surgery was three weeks ago.  I have the pleasure, for the first time in my life, of wearing a cast on my left foot.  Six weeks of a cast plus six weeks in an orthopedic boot.   Independence Day will have a whole new meaning for me this year.

Lori is doing well but we did have a scare in mid March.  I got home from Day 1 of my first robotics event and Lori was not feeling well, nauseous and anxious.  Nausea was Lori's primary symptom when we first learned of her Glioblastoma.  Combine that with the imagery from the last MRI and things spiked quickly.  I cancelled the remainder of my volunteer time for that first event.  Lori and I made calls and a visit to urgent care.  Ultimately some medications were prescribed and her unease has subsided into the background.  

We will have her next MRI in May and find out then if the things that were seen in the March MRI are still there.  

Till then, we wish you good health and happiness.  We thank you for your continuing thoughts and prayers.