Progress, definitely progress

What a difference in just one week. Last week, I didn't dare leave Mary alone. This week, she has been alert although taking reasonable naps. Last night, I needed to stay at work until 8PM. Mary fixed her own dinner--Campbell's chicken noodle, but she did fix it. She has been on her own from lunch time until I get home from work with no problem. In fact, today she did some laundry during the day much to my surprise! Mary seems to be fixated on the Olympics. We have TiVo and it records everything NBC broadcasts. These are 5 and 6 hour shows that Mary watches with great interest--especially short track, half-pipe, figure skating, ice dancing and several others. It is nice to see her paying attention. She is also following American Idol so multitasking is the order of the day!

No liquid morphine for two days now. The MSContin is doing a great job!

Ingrid or I have been at the house for lunch because Mary likes the company. Ingrid is coming on Thursday and MaryR is penciled in for Friday. Lunch is straightforward because Mary is fully alert and has a pretty good appetite. Ingrid brought a German pretzel from the German Bakery in Mountain View near where she lives. Tonight, I cooked chicken breast, asparagus and potatoes for dinner and Mary ate a very healthy portion. The leftover chicken breast will be lunch for Mary and Ingrid tomorrow.

Mary took a call from Stanford today in preparation for the procedure on Wednesday. They said we need to be there at 6AM for a 7:30 AM procedure and Mary should be in recovery 45 minutes later and ready to go home by 9AM. Do we look like we fell off the turnip truck yesterday? We know what hospital time is, give me a break. And, Mary does not snap out of anesthesia quickly so I figure it will be noon before we can seriously head home. I just hope the procedure really does something!

Finally, I want to thank everyone for their email responses to the incredibly great news about Mary's cancer. Your good wishes and celebratory feelings are wonderful. Thank You.

And, we all know that cancer is a tenacious beast. The fact that Mary won round #1 against huge odds does not preclude a nasty round #2. Let's just hope and pray that it never happens.