ER this morning, Ribfest tonight!

Shawn and Arie came back to Chicago this morning, they took a train from Indianapolis - tonight we're going to Ribfest in Naperville to see Heartsfield. Not sure if they'll play Shawn's song or not, but even if they don't, it will be lots of fun.

We weren't sure for awhile whether we'd make it or not, as we picked them up from the train station and went right to the ER...

The last few days Shawn's scar has been hurting again; on Thursday he went to the clinic at IU. They said the skin didn't look infected, but he should see his surgeon who might want to do a CT. He called the surgeon and got an appointment for next Friday. Late last night, it started hurting more and was a very bright red.

This morning when we picked them up, the scar wasn't as bright red as it had been last night, but was still hurting much more than it had been on Thursday. And of course, the surgeon's office is closed today.

So we went to the ER at Northwestern, where they took blood and did a CT. No obvious sign of infection so they released him. We'll see the surgeon next Friday, and meanwhile we're still going to make it to Ribfest tonight (Shawn will be going backstage, maybe possibly also making an appearance onstage.)

I'm glad we're still going to make it to Ribfest, and even more glad that things are looking ok with the scar. Also, we now have a copy of the CT to give his surgeon next week.