Elspeth (known to her friends as Ely) spent a week with us, and visited a lab at the Hutch where she's planning to do research for her Master's project this summer. She also found time to get together with a couple of friends, and hang around with Meg.
Friday was a lovely day, so I (Andrew) took the day off work, and we went for a trip to the
Olympic Peninsula, by car and ferryboats. We drove the length of the
Hood Canal, a long convoluted arm of the Puget Sound, and enjoyed sunshine, wind & mountain views and stopped at places we've been driving past for years. Here are
a few pictures to entice you to visit there.
Meg returned to work on Monday, having been away for almost exactly 3 months. She'd been doing some science from home, but felt it was time to get back into the thick of things. While she'd been away, her colleagues had been doing some things for her, but also seemed so confident in her return that they'd been neglecting some of her lab duties. So she spent a lot of the first day playing catch up, as well as chatting with colleagues she hadn't seen for a while.
She's planning on working about 80% time, and is still finding out how much she's really up to. She's been getting stuff done, perhaps more than she should, and has been rather tired in the evenings. We drove on Monday, but she walked to and from the lab on Tuesday and Wednesday. She continues to feel pretty good, other than the tiredness, somewhat frequent headaches, and an aggravating itchiness over much of her body.
Next week Meg will have an MRI of her brain, visits with doctors, an infusion of her
Avastin/placebo (clinical trial), and then starts the first 5 day/month cycle of her oral chemotherapy: it's twice the previous dose but she gets to take it at night, with the hope of sleeping through any side-effects. The freezer full of donated meals continues to be invaluable, especially after tiring days at the lab: many thanks again to all!
(click on pictures to enlarge & admire)
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