surgery

well we have decided to take the nuro surgeons recommendations and have Richards surgery on his back done next week. They will make a small incision in is back and shave some of the disk off to relieve pressure on the nerves. It is a pretty simple surgery as far as surgery goes, one night in the hospital and about 6 weeks to full recovery. The doctor seems confident that he will be able to do sit ups and walk fine afterwards so he can continue with his plan to return to regular duty and finish out this last three years. Richard seems to be happy with the decison to have the surgery, at this point I think anything that would give him some relief would be welcomed, so surgery is set for the 16th, wish us luck.