| Hi Everyone, I just thought I would update everyone on my status personally as well as the business status. My spinal surgery is scheduled for 6/24. There is a loose or possibly partially still attached piece of disc material floating around bumping against my spinal nerve. It's not a very tiny piece either at 11mm x 13mm. I had an epidural injection a few days ago which has gone a long way towards relieving my day to day pain. It still hurts and there's no guarantee it will last until the surgery. The recuperation from this type of surgery is VERY fast and I should be able to walk again later the same day. (It's called a microdiscectomy for those that are curious) I'm unsure of how long my movements will be restricted so I can't say for sure when I'll be back to 100% yet. My son has had very limited time to learn and work the business, so he won't be able to work more than a few hours per week. My wife has her own health issues as well as being my primary caretaker so she really can't do much to help businesswise either. I did hope to re-open for a brief period prior to surgery to ship out a few orders before closing again. I'm not sure if I will be able to make that happen. My GOAL at this point is to open on or around the 1st of July. I appreciate each and everyone of you and I am seriously looking forward to getting back to making tanks again. Thanks for your patience and understanding during this long closure. Ray Anyone has my permission to re-post this in whole or in part if they see people wondering what happened to me or Valley Vapes. |
