It has been a remarkable three weeks, filled with roller coaster ups and downs. The great news is that Megan is making a remarkable recovery. The staff marvels at her attitude and her ability to maintain a very positive persona. The first few days after they infused her with her genetically modified and refined blood were tough for Meg. She was quite fragile going into the treatment and having to do an MRI for one hour placed a lot of strain on her body and her pain level at that time was a ten out of ten. The good folks at Mayo got her stabilized and treated her pain. That was ten days ago and now she no longer takes any pain meds at all since her pain is gone!!
All of her blood work is showing signs of returning to the normal pre-cancer readings. She is doing so well that they are letting her leave the hospital a day early, so this Monday we shall take her to the new rental on the beach. She will have a room with a balcony directly overlooking Jacksonville Beach and I predict her recovery will be far more enjoyable than having to stay at the hospital. We’ll be here for the next two weeks looking after her but they are not placing any restrictions on her in terms of walking or eating. She just needs to be within a thirty-minute drive of Mayo and will have some appointments during the next several weeks to make sure all is well. We are all so greatly relieved and so thankful to all the professionals at the Mayo Clinic who have made this possible.
As you can imagine, my usual tales of food and drink and long walks aren't being reported now since they haven't happened! Nevertheless Cindy and I have gotten into a pleasant routine of visits to the hospital to spend time with Megan, lots of little shopping trips for special foods and things she needs, frequent loads laundry so that she had clean jammies every day (who would want to wear a hospital gown?) and some short walks around the neighborhood. I’ve been cooking up a storm for Megan and we deliver hot and healthy meals. I must say that the food at Mayo is outstanding, but I know what my little girl likes! Once they spring her on Monday we hope to get out and about a little more, but if not we are perfectly happy continuing our routine with Megan with us. We won't miss the drives back and forth to Mayo - even though it was only 15 minutes door to door, we sometimes felt that we were entirely too far from her. That ends on Monday afternoon!
More later, Cindy and Wm
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