All the test results are back and everything is go for the operation. We are scheduled for Monday 8/24. We haven't got a time yet, but it will be in the morning. The surgeon says it will be about a 5 hour operation. Fortuneately, I get to sleep through it. Assuming there are no complications I will be in the hospital for 5-6 days, then released to go back to the motel. I will have a check up after a couple of days and then released to go back to Albuquerque, so we could conceivably be back by the 4th or 5th of September. So, we'll try to update you next week after we have news.