Wednesday evening update from Rochester.

It's 6:30pm and we are just getting to the apartment from Mayo. It was a looooooong day. All three of us are exhausted. We did manage a little nap in the parking garage. Aubrey would not sleep so we went out to the car in between tests and strapped her in to her car seat. She was out immediately. She was able to sleep for an hour and half and Lisa and I nodded off a bit too. People were probably thinking we were pretty strange. The snow has stopped and the wind has died down so it looks like I won't have to dig the car out again.

This morning Lisa had scan of her neck and chest area to try and identify the faulty parathyroid. That took a few hours. The results were sent to her doctor and surgeon. We met with them this afternoon. What the doctors think is a possible 5th parathyroid is located down further into her chest. The operation to remove this might involve cracking Lisa's chest open. The doctors want to do one more test before any decisions are made. In the morning Lisa will have a 4-D CT scan done. This will be able to pinpoint the exact location of this possible parathyroid.

So the plan now is to have this scan done and head home. The surgeon wants time to review the scan and make the proper decisions. He does not want to rush into surgery. It sounds like we will be returning in later in December if this is a 5th parathyroid to have the surgery.

So we are making dinner now and really hoping Aubrey sleeps tonight. Heading home Thursday!