An uneventful month

Family dinner,  Labor Day weekend

It's now 7 weeks since Meg started hospice care, and 5 weeks since I reported to you. Meg continues resting quietly and comfortably at home, being cared for by me and by her brother Gary, who lives with us during the week, and returns to his home in Olympia WA, about 60 miles away, at the weekend. A hospice aide bathes Meg 3 times a week, and a hospice nurse visits weekly to check in and to adjust medications, and is always available for phone consultations.


Meg now sleeps a great deal during the day, but is typically most active and happy in the mornings, during and after the hearty breakfast that she typically enjoys. She's unable to read or watch TV, and occasionally enjoys listening to classical music on her iPod: she requested quiet music, so it's mostly baroque music. It's clear that Meg's greatest joy, as shown by the way her face lights up, comes from quiet, attentive visitors. Several music colleagues have visited, in the mornings, and Meg has enjoyed their reports on Meg's community orchestra and clarinet choir, both of which are now reconvening after the Summer.


Our "children", Nick and Ely, visited over the Labor Day weekend, as did Meg's sister (Caryn), who stopped by with her partner Anton, on the way to the wilds of central British Columbia. Tony and Caryn will be returning today to report on their many adventures (hinted at in E-mails) and Nick and Ely will be joining us for the weekend as well.


Meg could not join us on the Brain Cancer Walk last weekend, so was represented by big photos held aloft (here are photos from the event). Your donations are still welcome and will be matched $ for $.
It's not too late to donate to Club Meg by clicking HERE, then clicking on "Donate to Support Us". 


And here are photos from the last month (and the previous set, which you maybe missed).

Meg requested the smell of fresh-baked bread this morning!

Brain Cancer Fundraiser reminder

Club Meg 2010 walkers

• The Seattle Brain Cancer Walk is Saturday September 24th at Seattle Center, starting at 9AM at the Founders' Court
• Meg's friends are walking as Club Meg. Meg doesn't have the energy to join us this year.
• To join us on the walk, click HERE to register, but note that the $25 registration fee goes entirely to  pay for T-shirt and overhead.
• To support local brain cancer research and treatment (" 100% of the walk proceeds go directly to patient care and research."), donate to Club Meg by clicking HERE, then clicking on "Donate to Support Us". (Or click on a walker's name then on "Donate etc). Click on Andrew and get a bonus slide-show.
• Andrew and Meg have added the money kindly donated to them by Meg's colleagues when she was diagnosed (so those folks are off the hook...).
• Past walks have funded the social worker who is invaluable for Meg's care, and helped fund research which has helped with predicting Meg's prognosis.
• Your donation will be matched $ for $ !