Joe's surgery

I don't usually post personal stuff on this blog - but today I went with Joe to the hospital for his disk replacement surgery (fusion) and thought writing about it would be O.K.

He injured his neck while shooting an assignment for The News Tribune earlier this year.

I didn't get to sit in on the procedure, but I did spend several hours waiting with him in our private pre-op room.

We just got word that the surgery was successful. Now the four-month recovery will begin.