Surgery scheduled

Hi all -
The surgery is scheduled for April 15. They ask that we return to Boston on April 11 and meet with Sugarbaker on April 13. It's scary but feels good to be moving forward after all the waiting. Tricia will fly in on April 14 and stay for about 10 days. Then Holly and Bucky are coming for a week - so we will have support through about May 6. Rick should be out of the hospital then. We are planning to rent an apartment through a plan facilitated by the hospital. It turns out that the apartment is about two blocks from Fenway Park and Rick is already talking about going to a game. As all of you know, he can be a fairly determined character, so it won't surprise me at all if we manage to go to a ballgame before we come back to Tucson! We don't know when we will be cleared to return home - but the surgeon in Tucson, Jonathan Daniel, has agreed to pick up post surgical care as soon as Sugarbaker releases Rick. We have tickets home on May 20, but that may change. We'll keep you posted as we learn more. Keep those powerful prayers coming - they are helping so much!
Sue