[Janet]

Here I am!

Just thought I'd let you know that hubby made it through the surgery okay. He lost a lot of blood, but they gave him some to make up for it. He had a piece of bone taken from his hip and used it to help fuse the vertebrae and put in a spacer with two screws. They also got rid of the spurs that were pinching the nerves going down his legs. It took them almost 4 hours. Rick can feel his foot now, where he couldn't before, Dr. said that's a great sign. We got up at 4 a.m. so it's been a long day for me. I was the only one in the waiting room so it seemed like a whole day instead of just half a day.

He hasn't had to have any pain meds so far, but was told they would give him some anyway to help him sleep tonight. They've already had him up walking a short distance in the hallway. Dr. said they would keep him two to three days depending on how he's doing.

Found out he does not have disability. Only accident with disability so we will not be getting any money from AfLac. When he goes back to work, he will cancel everything else he has with them and find a different insurance. We have enough inheritance money to get us through for 13 weeks, that's a little over 3 months. Hopefully he'll be able to go back to work before it runs out.