This picture is outside one of the hospitals connected with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Paul just had one side of his thyroid removed.
It was the size of a cantelope I'm told!

It was benign.

That's not a necklace Paul is wearing... but the tape covering the incision is translucent.
The tape will come off naturally in about a week.

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As I was taking a picture of Paul... a man with his wife noticed and asked if I would like him to take a picture of the two of us? I didn't think it was necessary but as we talked I decided it would be fun.

I nearly asked him if I could trust him with my new camera but decided that was "tacky".
And I was so feeling so relieved and energized that Paul was coming home that I think I would have chased the stranger and tackled him if he tried getting away with my camera!

He probably thought we had come from a long distance like others do.
We don't live too far away but it's our first time at the world renowned Mayo Clinic.

Now Paul just has to recuperate.