‘“I knew the faster I get back to work the quicker I’d get my mind off it,” Thomas said Friday. “Only reason I wouldn’t is to be with my wife, be there for her, but thankful we have family coming up to be with her. She’s doing good, she’s healthy. Obviously, like anybody else out there that’s going through the same thing, it’s an emotional fight, something that we have to push through. It will be a little bit of a recovery, but she’s tough, she’s my rock. She’s a fighter.”’