Decisions, decisions

Over the past few months, we have been trying to make a decision about Ron's teeth. We have seen his regular dentist, an oral surgeon in BG, and this week an oral surgeon at U of M Hospital. And we still haven't made a decision. The next step is for Ron to see a pre-op physician and an anestheologist to see if he can tolerate oral surgery to remove what is left of his teeth. There is nothing that can be saved, but he does have some chewing power left, so it is hard to decide if he should have a surgery that might be troublesome for him when he might not be able to wear dentures anyway. There is the possibility of an infection due to all of the decay. He takes 3 antibiotics, so no infection has developed so far. How do we make this decision??!!??? We continue to gather information and try to weigh the advantages and disadvantages. I can't imagine what the recovery time and consequences will be for him. Feels like a scary decision to make.
Some pictures from the past week:

We had dinner with Cale's family at BW3 after driving out to Grand Rapids, OH, to see the spectacular 2 story high ice piles made by Mother Nature when the ice went out on the Maumee River. A lot of damage was done this year when huge ice chunks mowed down flooded areas. The markers were broken off in a cemetery, for example.
We spent Monday and Tuesday in Ann Arbor for Ron's 2 treatments and the appointment with the oral surgeon. His ECP treatments alter T cells in his blood, so they lessen the attack his body. He has now had 109 treatments. After 3 months of going every week (2 days each ECP week), 18 months of going every other week, 3 months of going every third week, in April we will begin "only" monthly treatments. It has been a long haul; very excited about tapering treatments to monthly!