Update on Bob's health issues....

Both Alice and myself have been going through some serious health issues. In the last few months Alice has had a triple-heart bypass, plus surgury for lung cancer.d She is recovering nicely from both procedures. I have both Prostrate and Bladder cancer. New MRI setup for June 8th; follow up will be on June 27th when treatment options will be finalized re the bladder cancer. Hopefully this will be as non-invasive as possible....So, it's hurry up and wait with nothing definitive.

Updates...

Well, we're home! 🙂, She's feeling good and we're on the right path I hope! Robert R. Payette · Shared with Your friends So, It's looking pretty good so far....and for that we are grateful. The surgeon was very pleased with how things developed and we have high hopes for a good outcome. That being said we'll have a better idea in a week or so when the lab results come in from the biopsy that was performed during the procedure. One day at a time and hope for the best.....

Coming home!

Alice is coming home this afternoon....just waiting on the paperwork 

So, It's looking pretty good so far....

The surgeon was very pleased with how things developed and we have high hopes for a good outcome. That being said we'll have a better idea in a week or so when the lab results come in from the biopsey that was performed during the procedure. One day at a time and hope for the best.....

Out of Surgery 12:40ish…

The surgeon said Alice did very well and the operation was a success....he's very positive about the outcome.

Alice going in for her lung surgery on Tuesday April 30, 2024

Well, I'm nervous as a cat. We have to have her at the hospital in Orlando at 0730 for surgury sceduled for 10:30. The expectation is she'll be in hospital for 1 to 2 nights... RIGHT THORACOSCOPY, ROBOTIC ASSISTED RIGHT UPPER LOBECTOMY, POSSIBLE OPEN Apr 30 Tue Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center With Luis Herrera

Alice's lung surgury scheduled.....

Alice is doing wonderful after her open-heart surgury on Feb 26. Her lung surgery has been scheduled for April 30th. Between the two of us our schedule is filled with post and pre-op medical appointments, for sure!

Update: Alice at home

Alice has been home since last Friday afternoon and has been making great progress. Her care at Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute was excellent. She’s being seen at home by a visiting nurse and a physical therapist, and getting daily care from Joanna and Ashley. Moving forward we have an appointment with her Oncology surgeon for April 10th. Keep her in your good thoughts!!

Hopefully our last hospital Update on Alice!

Alice is doing real good, and she was discharged late afternoon today. We have her home and comfortable and we'll do some home care to move things forward. :)

Update on Alice from Joanna:

Lots of good updates! She is completely free of chest tubes, iv fluids and oxygen. Has more energy and walking down the hall. Getting up pretty much on her own to use bathroom. Most exciting thing is she is getting a shower tonight!

Wednesday update on Alice

Somehow or other Alice lost her new eyeglasses...we suspect the laundry people grabbed them by accident when they changed linens this morning. Joanna is dropping off her old pair tonight. Outside of that she's up a bit and doing ok ... but still uncomfortable which is to be expected .

Alice doing well…

Alice should get out of ICU today and into a regular room. Update 2/28/2024: Alice was releassed from ICU late yesterday to a regular room. We expect her to remain in hospital till the beginning of next week.

David visiting Alice…made her smile😍

Update: Alice's heart by-pass procedure....

Alice has had a heart triple-bypass that was sucsessful. She is currently in ICU and will be there for several days for recovery. Call myself or Joanna with any questions we can help with.

Alice’s Check in update 2/26/24

She's prepped and ready to go ...I've been kicked to the waiting rm. Nurse said I'm looking at 4 hrs or so ...Dr will see me after the procedure.. Cheers!

Alice's Heart By-pass Surgery scheduled for 7am tomorrow 2/26/2024

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING, ENDOSCOPIC VEIN HARVEST, TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAM with Karen Walker Expected on Monday February 26, 2024 Add to calendar Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center 52 W UNDERWOOD ST ORLANDO FL 32806-1110 ‪321-841-6444‬

Notes to a friend on Maine memories....(Vinalhaven Island)

Virginia:  I probably already told you this...but when you sent me the bit on Vinalhaven it jarred a memory.Our best friends from work (Allstate) had two cottages in Maine. One was on Worthly Pond, and the other in Vinalhaven.  We used to go up to the cottages with them for long weekends.  All of us were avid Bridge players and we'd hop in Charlie's T-bird with the two dogs (our Dalmatian and their German ShortHaired Pointer) and head out for Rockland and the ferry.  We also spent a few weeks up there on summer vacations.Long story short we decided to buy the lot next to them. It was 1 3/4 acres on the cove waterfront.  It turns out that the guy who owned that lot (and several others on the cove) was a Mr. Livingston Jennings.  Well, after we bought the lot we found out that he was Cathy Cave's grand-daughter or niece...don't remember which. Of course Cathy was married to our Lions buddy Bill Cave who used to work at the Day with Bill Long.  What is even weirder is Livingston had that house on Boston Post Road near the bridge that crosses the Niantic River at its terminus.  So, long story short, the guy who sold us the lot in Maine actually lived five miles from us in CT! We ended up selling that lot as we needed the money to buy our Willow Lane house, and with the arrival of the kids that long trek up to Maine was a lot less attractive.  Of course, in hindsight, it would have been financially prudent to have kept it if we could have.  Our good friend Charlie Sullivan died just a few years back...I think his wife Claudia still has the camp.Cheers!  Bob Contact Information:  Call or text  860-460-7945 Links and Rants:  http://bobpayette.blogspot.com/

New date for Alice's Open-heart surgery

We now have a date for Alice's open-heart surgery: Monday, February 26, 2024. Dear Ms. Alice Payette, You have been scheduled for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, February 26, 2024. Please check in at the main entrance of ORMC by 5:00 am at 52 W. Underwood St, 32806. Please note: Surgery date and time is subject to change due to emergencies.

Oncologist visit 2/7/2024

We just got in from Orlando Health (Oncologist Dr. Herreda) who we met for the first time. Nothing new to report except he concers the open heart surgery will be first followed by the lung surgery in a month or two depending on Alice's recuperation from the by-pass. Next up is a date for the heart surgery which we'll get from her heart surgeon Dr. Walker. More to follow as we receive it. Feel free to call with questions: 860.460.7945

Blogger test for new subscribers...

I expect to have an update posted late Wednesday afer our visit with the Oncologist at Orlando Health. In the interim, consider this post a test if you've recently subscribed to the blog: So, this morning fairly early Alice gets a call from the oncology consult office. They need a copy of the P.E.T scan (report and disk) that Alice had prior to the biopsy at Parrish Med Ctr and they need it prior to our visit tomorrow. Off we went to Rockledge to the image lab and got a copy of each...20 miles of RT1 pain in the ass traffic but what the hell. In the interim Buddy is demanding attention (do you know you have to feed these starving hounds twice a day + 23 treats?). Then we notice Gwennie is about out of her thyroid meds, so Alice calls the vet for the refill and I truck to Rockledge for the scan and then to the Vet for the pills... Even though things are blowing up around you, the daily issues keep coming... Supper: Baby back ribs cooking in the insta-pot, baked potatoes with onion in the oven and spinach prepared and awaiting a start. Cheers! Bob

Update Alice

recap: We found out that Alice has Adenocarcinoma. She's going to see an Oncologist, a Dr. Herreda who's with the Orlando Health group that her cardiologist and surgeon belong to. That will be on 2/7 and hopefully her heart by-pass will then be scheduled followed by the lung operation.

Waiting is hard...

Alice had her lung biopsy on Monday and we've been waiting for the result. Always the hard part for sure :(. We got to the hospital at 0900 and didn't leave until about 2:30...but we had hoped we'd know something on Tuesday. January 26th: Adenocarcinoma identified. The problem is being worked.

Military assignments in a nutshell....

Basic, (Ft Gordon) than Adg Gen school at Ft Polk, than Finance School Ft Benjamin’s Harrison, Then Wurzburg Germany (Leighton Brks) 23 months then Vietnam (13th Avn Bn, CanTho) till ETS in 12/1965.

Alice update: January 19, 2024

As we used to say in the Lions Club: "Moving Right Along". We're going to see Alice's internist/pulmonologist last morning, then over to the Parrish Medical Ctr for preliminary blood work as she's set for the lung biopsey at 10am on Monday Jan 22nd. With good results from that we can reschedule the open heart surgury ASAP.

Looking back....

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Alice update Jan 13..

The heart surgeon people have talked to the pulmonary people and a biopsy has been ordered up for the very small lung abnormality and hopefully the heart by-pass surgery can proceed in the next few weeks.Bob January 14th: Dick: What's actually happening is this: Due to her age multiple tests were ordered up prior to her coming full knee replacement. Multiple issues came up, to include the cardiac blockages, a pulmonary issue with the lung spot, and to top it off a determination that she has what's called "dense" breasts which under new protocols call for a more advanced look than the typical mammogram. So, the first thing is to determine the priority, which is the cardiac issue, but she's (the cardiac surgeon) requiring a sign off on the other disciplines to move forward. So, long story short everyone is now talking to each other, and there's a path forward. I think. Bob

How I went to Europe in June of 1963,,,,compliments of the U.S. Army

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Update on Alice January 11th, 2024

All: Alice's open-heart surgery which had been scheduled for tomorrow (Jan 12th) has been postponed...and we don't have a new date yet. This is a result of complications from her P.E.T lung scan, the results from having to be clarified. We don't have a lot more information at this time, but call if you have any questions I might be able to answer.