Kris, Dave and the Lumps: countdown to surgery

Monday, 22-Sep-2008
Minor correction; I stated before that Kris' long term disability had gone through, it has not. Social Security has signed off on long term disability, which, again, was a shock to have happen so quickly. I think we are done with the LTD paperwork for the insurance company and are just waiting for word of approval.

Met with Dr. Jones, the surgeon. He did his usual hemming and hawing over her port wound which looks markedly better but, is not yet healed. It's enough better that we've gone without a bandage once! However, the wound was timid and immediately grabbed a bandage to hide behind the next day.

He confirmed that we are working towards the 10th of October for the date of the surgery. Well, in reality, he admitted that he does what his staff tells him to do and if we were working with them, then who was he to say otherwise for the date? He then went on to say that after the surgery, Kris would stay in the hospital for three or four days. Once that was done, we would bring her home and then it's bed rest for several days after that. My expectation has been set to set aside the following week to help Kris function... so, I've laid in an order of extra lace and servants. Oh and I plan on baking lots of bread and making soup. :)

Tomorrow (Wednesday) we go see the Plastic surgeon who will have a better timeline estimate.