Going down again...
Well, I can't seem to buy a break in the health department. I had a close call with a heart attack a couple of weeks ago and am now facing surgery to replace my aortic valve, which has narrowed dangerously and needs to be replaced. The surgery is traditional open heart stuff where they stop your heart while they work on it and (with any luck!) start it back up again. Not looking forward to it, but my surgeon has done over 11,000 cardiac surgeries and has the highest success rate in California, which is saying a lot. It is scheduled for August 7th and I will be even more absent for a couple of months as I face my own recovery while trying to take care of my wife who is a metastatic breast cancer patient. It is going to be a difficult time, but I hope to be here at least as much as I have been in recent months. The worst part of all this, aside from the obvious practical health issues, is that I haven't been able to get out and do much photography as I stay close to home for my wife. I don't like re-posting old images, so I haven't been posting much lately. Fingers crossed for a full recovery by October and the same for my wife who is also facing a difficult surgery in coming weeks. Thanks for your understanding and patience with me!
