Update

This is Dad & my children when we were camping at the end of June. It's a nice picture and he looks pretty good so I thought I would post it.

Dad went into surgery on time yesterday. He wasn't in for long, which is good. I did not go so these are the things I heard from Ruth. The surgeon said there was no new infection and there was a minute, tiny sign that it may be trying to start healing. Sounds iffy but at this point I will take anything we can get. It also sounds like they will need to do this every 2-3 days until it heals all the way. He won't stay in the hospital that whole time though. If everything looks positive he should get out next week sometime. They are trying to set things up to have it changed at home eventually. He is scheduled to go again Saturday morning unless something happens, then it will be Friday. I will be there for the next one because Ruth and two of my sisters left this morning for N. Carolina. Ruth is going to a GEMS (?) convention and was told by the surgeon to still go because she needs the break. We told her to go because there are still three of us around to take care of things and she needs the break. That is all I know, I will tell you more when I know. I will call and check on his shortly too.