The Internet is Wonderful

Mary has recieved cards and flowers from so many people its too much to try and acknowledge all of them. Over time as Mary's strength improves, I am sure she'll acknowledge these wonderful acts of support and kindness.

Yesterday was special, however. Mary got a flower arrangement from Dresden Germany! Well, not really from Germany. Our friends, Ute and JoKi, used the internet to order a beautiful arrangement of flowers for our girl. Thank you!

For those who may not remember, I had the delightful task of leaving a conference in Hawaii where I was the chairman at noon on a Thursday and travel to Ute and JoKi's wedding in Germany on Saturday. This involved changing planes at SFO where Mary joined me to continue the journey. Our arrival was at risk when our plane took an unexpected detour to United's maintenance operations at Washington Dulles. That resulted in us missing our connection in Berlin. After all of that, as I recall, we arrived with a full 75 minutes to spare. As we arrived at the hotel/resort, Ute burst out of the lobby with "I am so glad you could be here! Where have you been?"

As for our patient, she is showing leaps and bounds of improvement. Last night after dinner (fresh snapper from Farmer's Market), she announced we were going for a walk. And so we did. It was the 1/3rd mile loop, her second of the day, and it was just perfect. This morning she surprised us by taking one of the dogs downstairs for the morning dog run. Mary made it down and back a flight of stairs all on her own without asking for any help from either Reenie or me. Wunderbar!

As I left for work this morning, Mary was deep into today's San Jose Mercury crossword puzzle. That is a definite sign that she is mending nicely.

The next major event is another visit with the surgeon on Friday morning. By that time, I hope, it will be a straightforward visit just to make sure she is on track. Perhaps he'll start the process to get her in the queue for radiation treatment. Perhaps not.

It may be too soon to say it, but I have this very good feeling that Mary is going to have a successful completion of Step 2! Grow that liver, grow, grow!