A great monday!

Dear Friends,
We've been so busy walking, talking to doctors, preparing for the installation of the vac sponge and watching Nan eat that until now I've not had a minute to blog.
When I went down for hot tea for Nan I saw Dr. Bertagnolli in the entry, she suggested we come right up to see Nan so we did. It was so good to see her again. She came in and Nan beamed from ear to ear. It was a great visit and we presented her with a box of Sees. She loved it. She took Nan's feeding tube out of her nose, loved the incision, gave the go ahead for the vac sponge, said Nan would probably be in rehab for about a week, said she wanted Nan to go to a rehab in Cambridge where the same doctors as here at the hospital do rounds. She said that after the rehab she wanted to get both a visit to her office and a CT scan and then Nan would be free to move about the country. She was thrilled with the progress and just plain delighted with the outcome of the surgery. She is so fun to have in the room.
The equipment for the vac sponge is already in the room and now we are just waiting for the doctors who are going to do it to arrive. Our nurse today is wonderful. Nan has turned a corner with a much stronger voice, better energy, better eating. Today we are having a party with Roxanna from Conn., Marilyn from Rhode Island, Dana from Houston and Tim from CA. We have lots to talk about and to celebrate. I think Nan may get another transfusion though since her hematocrit keeps dropping slowly and is now lower than ideal. What ever I think we are ready for it. God has blessed us so much and today just seems like another really turn for the good for Nan. She had some mashed potatoes for lunch, hot tea, boost. For breakfast she had all of the Cream of Wheat and part of a muffin, boost and milk.
She is feeling much better now with some lingering aches and pains.
So we have only good news from Boston today and we thank the Lord with our whole hearts.

Have a good monday, we plan to.

love

tim, nan, dana, marilyn, roxanna