Thank you for all of your cards and good wishes. I really appreciate it. Ricky is doing great. His mood has been way better this week. And the great news is that he’s coming home on Sunday! He had spirometry (breathing function test) this morning and everything was way better — 30% better! The port didn’t happen on this stay because the surgery schedule was packed with more urgent procedures. Looks like we will be back next week or sometime shortly thereafter for the surgery. It’s generally a fairly quick procedure and he’d go home the same day. Ricky’s been having some dizziness still, and they’ve been unable to figure out why, so we’ll follow up on that with his doctors on an outpatient basis.

Guess that’s it for now. Thanks again for the cards and all!