surgery

so as i mentioned in the last one, ben had to get another mri done. he was able to get that done friday at a hospital in tokyo. he came home sore because of all the dye and fluid they injected into the joint. but they got it done, put it on a disc and sent him home. we looked at it when he got back. kinda cool if i do say so myself. then he called the dr. and got an appt set up for today (tuesday). so we took the shuttle down to yokota, spent the morning hangin' out there, and then went to his appt. the dr. looked at the mri and guess what, his rotator cuff really is torn. he didn't entirely believe us last time. but apparently there is some other damage in there too. i guess the cartilage up there isn't looking that great either, which is probably more of the reason why he's in so much pain. so they scheduled the surgery for june 5th. we'll go back may 28th for the pre op appt and then the next week for the surgery. it will be nice to finally have this taken care of. considering he's been hurting since last october, it's about time that someone finally did something to fix it. i'm not sure what i'll do with him home all the time after that though. he'll have 30-60 days of leave afterwards. so we'll have to see how it plays out in regards to his deploying. we'll have to see how he's feeling when they start training to go. so that's what's new around here. we're getting settled into our house. i'll try to post pics in the next couple of days. we've still got a few more things to unpack. we're getting there though. it's nice though. we're loving it. it's great having all our stuff again, even if it is still in boxes. =)