Rick went into surgery at about 1:30 today and he was back in his room about 4:00. The surgery went well and the port has been removed. Sounds like it was a good thing to get the port out as the infection was past the epidural. He now has a huge patch across his chest (makes him look tough). Rick was pretty excited to get back to his room to eat his tuna sub (as it is lent) as he had nothing to eat or drink since yesterday at 10pm. I think he thought he was melting away. It appears Rick's extended stays down here (at Mayo) have given him celebrity status. I lost count on the number of female nurses (mostly blond) that have came into his room to just visit about Rick, Rugby, Mother Teresa, Charlie his cat, the Memorial Hall, and the last two weeks Rick has been away. Seems like all the employees know him by first name. Rick has been having an internal pain on his bottom that has been getting worse over the last week, which the doctors have not yet figured out. There is an MRI scheduled for Monday to take a look of what the source of that pain may be. Hopefully just a side effect of the treatments.