Recovering slowly

Gentle weekend stroll

Meg's recovery from her second surgery has been significantly slower and more painful than it was for the first surgery. She's been having more difficulty eating and sleeping, because of the increased pain. Dr. Jost, at our visit today, noted that this was pretty typical, was not concerned, and expected that Meg would continue to improve over the next month. At the end of the visit the (industrial strength) staples were removed from the incision in Meg's scalp. Next medical visit is on Friday, to see the neuro-oncologist: we expect he will put her back on the chemotherapy pills, which she tolerated very well previously.

eclectic care package from college buddy 

Meg continues quietly resting at home, enjoying occasional visits, and is still busily working at not getting too busy!  She's inventively finding ways to deal with the pain of eating, and with the very limited opening of her mouth: the kids' baby spoon has been brought into play. She's exercising gently and discovering, by trial and error, how much is good for her. She's not up to blowing into musical instruments yet, and is experimenting with other instruments around the house: the harp seemed too awkward, but the guitar may work out OK. She expects to stay home for ~ 6 weeks of leave, and then will experiment with returning to the lab.