Thursday update

The days are going better for Cheryl. She has her routine down of getting up around 5 AM, taking her first medicine, resting a bit, eating breakfast, walk around the house, rest a bit, take a few phone calls, have lunch with a friend or neighbor that comes by to visit, rest a bit, walk around the house, rest a bit, talk on the phone again, rest a bit, walk around the house, rest a bit, greet me coming home from work, eat dinner, watch the news, get a bath, rest a bit, walk around the house, rest while watching TV, walk around the house, and finally head to bed by 10 PM.

Her pancreatic drain has slowed down. She is producing less than 10cc a day now, where a week ago we were draining out 30cc every 12 hours. Her incision is healing nicely and even most of the steri-strips have fallen off. For the last couple of days, she has been able to step in and out of the tub without me supporting or aiding her in any way except to be standing by if she needs me. At this point, she still needs a bit of assistance in drying her legs and getting dressed but as her flexibility and strength improve, I'm sure that she'll be independent in those things as well.

It has been really helpful to have the meals dropped by the house so all I have to do is load and run the dishwasher when we are finished eating and do a load or two of laundry each evening. A couple of ladies have been nice enough to even run the Swiffer around the den. I had been planning to pull out the leaf blower Saturday afternoon and blow everything that's not nailed down out the back door.

We continue to covet your prayers for recovery from the surgery, strength for the chemo to come and hope for a miracle of healing.