Surgery Date and Golf Tourney

Les is scheduled for his PEG surgery Friday morning at 9:45.  We are so thankful we got this scheduled! The bummer part is that he was going to go fishing with his buddy Dan for a week, leaving Saturday. Les is hoping he can drive north into Canada himself midweek and join them.  We will stay at UW for sure one night - they will be monitoring his breathing, which was a concern last week when he was in surgery.  Les has also received a suction machine.  He likes to use it to suction out all his excess saliva BUT it's not exactly something you can put in your pocket so it's not always easily accessible!  He has also started using a small patch (Transderm Scop) behind his ear which is supposed to help the saliva, but so far it's not doing a very good job.

New toys!  A BIGGER magic bullet & a suction machine :)

Also, unless you live under a rock you have probably already heard about the golf tournament that is being put on in Les' honor.  The UPS guys have a golf tournament every year, followed by a barbeque. Back in December, driver Zach told Les he would like to have the tournament in Les' honor.  Then driver Gunnar got involved and then our son Kris got involved and then our friends Rod & Lana got involved---and now it's a big deal!  These people are amazing!  Driver Ed is in charge of the t-shirts, which are being made where our daughter Leslie works.  The original thought was that we would use this benefit money towards the Dynavox machine.  (By the way, the Dynavox machine is on its way - praise the Lord!!!!!).  This machine is approximately ten thousand dollars.  Les' UPS insurance has done a great job paying for most of the medical bills so far, but they will only cover a portion of this machine.   In our ALS booklet, one of the first things noted is that ALS is such an expensive disease.  We are SO SO THANKFUL knowing that we will have help with some of these expenses.  It's very humbling.....we never thought we would be at the receiving end of any kind of a benefit!  But again, we are very thankful for our UPS family, and for the community we live in.
Here is more info on the golf tournament: