Expect the Unexpected...

Everything has been going pretty smoothly as we prepare for our departure to Mongolia.  We have had our family visits and we have said goodbye to many of our Madison friends.  However; there will always be unexpected events and yesterday a new wrinkle presented itself. 

Sunday afternoon Thom started feeling achy and tired.  After a rough night, he slept until after lunch.  He had extremely intense pain in his abdomen and decided to call his doctor's office.  They suggested he go to urgent care.  After seeing a doctor there, they suggested he head to St. Mary's for a CT scan for appendicitis.  The scan came back positive and at midnight last night he had a very enlarged appendix removed.

The surgery went well and I brought him home from the hospital by 9:40 this morning.  He is to take it easy today and then start back to walking tomorrow.

This puts a new wrinkle in our travel plans as he will not be able to lift anything over 20 lbs.  So taking the planned backpack is not going to happen.  We will have to get some new easy to roll luggage.  There will be a question mark on his travel until he gets the ok from the surgeon in 10 days.

We are hopeful that we will leave as expected.