June 17

Hello. Mark made it to both doctor's appointments yesterday. He did not get the catheter taken out as we'd hoped. Our appointment with Dr. McKenzie was late in the day and they were afraid if Mark couldn't go, we'd end up in the emergency room late in the night. We didn't like the sounds of that one either, so we agreed to leave it longer. Dr. McKenzie is in surgery all day today, so we will try early Wednesday morning to get the catheter out and see how he does. If Mark can't go, we can get him to the office to have it replaced. They won't make him wait like that mean nurse in Pittsburgh!!!!!

Mark is making slow strides toward recovery. It is definitely like baby steps. His appetite is slowly returning. We are glad about that. He is supposed to eat 6 small meals daily instead of 3 large ones and that takes some getting used to. He doesn't like that much.

We are slowly getting things caught up and back into a routine. I plan to get back to work tomorrow afternoon after Mark's appointment with Dr. Farmer.

Thanks for all of the support. God bless!!!