We went up to Anchorage on Thursday for surgery. At about two o'clock, they brought me into the operating room to have a cyst/polyp removed from my right vocal cord. Jon was able to watch the entire procedure live on a television. After trying to pluck the cyst off, they ended up cutting it off. The surgery itself only took about 10 minutes. Things seem to be healing well. My right vocal cord is definitely sore and I can only use it so much for the time being.
While resting in Anchorage we did get to a store we've been wanting to go to for awhile. The store sells products made from musk ox wool. Musk ox, which apparently is not related to oxen at all, but rather goats, shed their fur once a year in the spring. The wool is called Qivuit. It is known to be light, but very warm. It is also very expensive. Natives collect it from various herds and farms throughout the state of Alaska.
The weather has been nice this weekend. Not much wind today making for a calm ocean.
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