Surgeon appointment went well! Letter #3 from Seth :)

Hardman House Inn and Suites in Carson City advertises a deluxe continental breakfast.  We headed to it about 0800 or so.  Really nice, hard boiled eggs, all kinds of toast, cereal, oatmeal, yogurt, oranges, bananas and varieties of juices, coffee, etc.  More than anyone needed for sure!  We got our breakfast and sat by the window watching the world go by. 

Sunset from a few days ago..the clouds were really cool!

After that headed back to the room and got ready to go.  We had an appointment with the surgeon at 1030, but needed to be early for paperwork.  

Our first time meeting Dr. Halow and we were impressed.  First off, we both liked the examining room we were in, there were pictures of him and family. :)  Also lots of pics of them on vacations like undersea diving, hikes, flying an airplane, just all kinds of activities.  That made the room seem super friendly. Also displayed were his certificates from the different schools he had attended along with certificates from his time in the Air Force.  

He came into the room and said, "So what's going on?"  Ken gave it in a nutshell. He went and looked at the PET Scan and came back in and said ok so this is what I'm going to do and explained very simply.  

Ken will be admitted to the hospital for a few days.  He will put him under, put a camera down through his throat and do some looking around. Then he'll deflate the right lung, basically glue it to the chest wall (this will keep the fluid from returning as the pleural wall will be sealed up) and then re inflate the lung.  While he's in there he'll drain the accumulated fluid.  Ken will have one to two drainage ports on the side. He did say after the surgery it will be painful, very painful but they've got drugs they'll give him. Then, "any questions?" We did ask a couple just to clarify.  He called in one of his staff and told her we need to get the clearance from the cardiologist or get Ken's appointment with him moved up! Obviously he wants to get this done sooner rather than later.  We said our goodbyes and off we went.  He's very impressive gotta say!  

Ken has one more small problem we need to deal with soon.  When we in with Dr. Foster, Ken mentioned that he had been having what felt like heart burn (way up high in the middle of his chest) He says it's like you have to burp but can't.  It's been going on for awhile now.  Dr. Foster has referred him to a gastroenertologist. Dr. Foster said since we really don't know what's wrong with Ken this was the best move.  Ok. 
 We had some time to kill so we headed over to Ross in Reno so I could do a little shopping :)  Before we even got to Reno Gastroenterology Consultants of Carson City had called to make an appointment.  We've got one on Friday at 1000, I think. Hopefully that'll be an easy fix :)

I did a little shopping 3 tops and 2 pairs of jeans.  Gotta say Ken is very patient and honest when it comes to me trying on clothes and looking for clothes.  I think the dressing room lady was impressed!  

Fell in love with these tops as soon as I saw them..
These sayings are on the back of each one :) 

Yep..that's me!

Very very true!

I left there a happy camper and then to Betsy's for a late lunch/dinner.  Once we got home after a bit we went over to Karen's to see her, Amber and baby Amelia. I got her for a few minutes and then Ken took her, I never got her back! LOL..she's growing into such a pretty baby. Didn't have my phone or I'd have had pics!  

This morning (Wednesday) we slept in until 0600.  Had our coffees, visiting with our blogging friends and then I wrote Seth his morning letter. I don't write him anything about Ken as his focus needs to be on Boot Camp rather than worrying about his Papa.  To top off the morning, letter number 3 came from our Marine in the Making!  Love it when that happens!  Of course I couldn't wait until tomorrow morning to write him again, so got on the Sandboxx app and got another one out! 
This is Swim Week and Confidence Course week so it's a busy week for them. Seth is a good swimmer so not worried about that and they've done the Confidence Course earlier in training.  I'm sure he's got it down! :) 

Letter #3! Just makes our day when we get one!
Can't wait for family day and graduation
November 21st and 22nd!

Spent the day doing a little deep cleaning. Ken filled in the hole out back and then went out to the open shed we have so he could make a shelf for kayak #1.  I asked him about kayak #2 he said a container.  We've talked about this before so sure that will be happening before long. A 20 foot shipping container. 

Well, time to get this posted as it'll be Happy Hour soon!  Have a wonderful evening!  Again thanks for all the support and prayers..means the world to us!