Today was a tough one.....The surgeon came in to meet us. Dr. Roach will be doing surgery on Bill's carotid artery on Friday morning but the time is vague. Bill will have only one surgery...since the risk is higher with his history....the doctor will be cleaning out the right side blockage. Which is 70-80% blocked and the doctors now are thinking that the stroke was caused by a piece of plaque breaking off in this artery. The left artery is only 50% blocked and they don't do surgery until at least 60%. So that one will be done at a later time in the future.

It is very scary to sign the paperwork giving permission to perform the surgery ....when they give you this awful disclosure stating all of the possible things that could happen. But how can I not ! Bill is aware of the surgery and wants to have it...however he is not aware of all of the possible complications. Why make him worry more than he absolutely has to.

The meeting went well....Bill is doing well in all areas of therapy but with difficulties. It is just going to be a very long recovery.