A quiet weekend

Its hot! Several days in a row near or over 100. The good news is that we do have whole house air conditioning so Mary is very comfortable. Normally, we have a very nice cool down during the night but it didn't really happen last night. The low temperature was about 70 instead of our normal low 60s at night. We open the bedroom door and blow the cool air into the room by use of a fan on the deck pointed into the bedroom. Fresh air is so much better than the air conditioned stuff. And, yes, in the low 60s we keep a blanket on the bed in the summer. Last night it was sheets only.

As for Mary, she is feeling better at times. We still haven't worked out the exact dosing for her various medications. The Protonix is once a day, Zofran is prescribed at 3 to 6 pills a day and we're working on the Roxicodone at or less where she was two weeks ago. Yesterday was definitely not correct as Mary had some real difficulties during the day. Today is much better with moments of uncomfortable nausea but nothing as intense as yesterday.

As things cooled a bit last evening, we were able to take a post-dinner walk to get a bit of exercise in.

My daughter, Erika, has had a change of fortune and will be staying in New York for the foreseeable future. We had expected her to relocate here by mid-July but it appears she can stay in New York as the job situation has changed. Good for her!

Mary's daughter, Lara with her husband and two daughters will make the trip up from Pasadena this weekend to celebrate the 4th with Grandma. We're working on a place to see fireworks that would allow us to easily leave (and not get caught in traffic) if Mary doesn't feel well.

Monday is the first meeting with Dr. Fisher of the oncology department. We really don't know what to expect so it will be an interesting meeting, I am sure.

Otherwise, I am home this week and will be on duty to make sure Mary has all the support she needs. I made the trip to the Los Gatos Farmers' Market this morning and picked up fresh corn, wild caught Alaskan salmon and fresh halibut. We grill the fish and by using Mary's digital thermometer, I can cook to perfection! I also brought home a supply of veggies and fruit to make sure Mary has lots of choices.