Well, while eating breakfast--and Mary takes her time eating--she had to step away from the table. When she returned, her plate was licked clean! Our older dog, Shauna, was with Mary so she knows it was Devil Dog (aka Wiggles, Ol' One Eye, Idjit Dawg or 'Why am I yelling at a deaf dog?') that had finished her breakfast. Before all this surgery, Mary and I normally eat at the high counter in the kitchen and there is no way our small dogs can get up to that height. Since surgery and to make things easier, we have been using the dinning room table. We have now confirmed that if we leave the table and the chairs are not pushed in, devil dog uses the chairs to get to the plates to eat the food.
Yesterday, I joined Lillian and two of her sons, Bill and David along with David's family for a great BBQ. Bill had smoked pork ribs and they were fantastic. Mary wasn't feeling great yesterday and didn't make it to the BBQ--lingering effects of the pain killer, we think. Lillian and Bill are neighbors so I delivered a meal to Mary along with dessert and she ate very well. The ribs were fantastic. Oh, did I say that already? Yeah, the ribs were fantastic!
Mary is on plan to stop the pain killer. Yesterday, she held it to under 20% and today she had not yet taken the one half pill that gets her to just under 10%. Hopefully, she won't have to take it if she doesn't encounter any of the withdrawal symptoms. Tylenol or Advil seem to be doing ok for the pain and those were approved by the doctor. With yesterday's low dose of the pain killer, she woke up perky this morning and feeling pretty good--well, other than having her breakfast stolen.
Marge and Terry have offered to drive some days each week for the radiation treatment. So too Ingrid when she returns from vacation. With enough volunteers, we should not have a problem.
Ingrid is due to join Mary for a good lunch today.
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