Mark has discovered that people with cf need a specially trained team tending him during surgery or he risks respiratory arrest. So the surgery scheduled for today was canceled by Mark and, instead, I went to St Louis with him for a consultation with an orthopedic surgeon. After extensive xrays and a painful hands on examination of his shoulder, the surgeon has advised Mark that surgery is probably NOT NECESSARY!
Thanks for thinking of us - Someone is listening! He will be in a brace for 5 weeks followed by therapy on the shoulder - letting the body heal itself.
-- Lady Cynthia, Royal Musicmaker
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