Lisa Young was a colleague of Andrew's in Eugene, and was his "best person" at our wedding.
She still lives in Eugene, and figured that if she couldn't send Meg chicken soup, she could send the next best thing, a rubber chicken.
Lisa's daughter, Chelsea, was visiting Seattle and turned up at our door with a lovely gift basket, with the aforementioned rubber chicken attached. The basket contained lots of other imaginative and useful gifts, including several hats. Lisa had undergone a craniotomy a few years ago (for Parkinson's disease), and is loaning Meg the hats that she wore while her hair was growing back. Meg expects that the chemotherapy and radiation may cause her to lose her hair, so the hats (along with the ones she's starting to manufacture) may be needed for a while.
Lisa's operation involved her being awake during her surgery. She'd described her experiences to us during a visit to Eugene a couple of years ago. I found that very comforting when Meg's surgeon noted that she might need to wake Meg up during surgery to assess which parts of the tumor could be safely excised. She didn't need to do that, and did remove ~ 95% of the tumor, with very minimal effects on Meg. Such surgery may be necessary if the tumor returns, so knowing of Lisa's experiences will continue to be a comfort to us.
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