Greetings.
This is the one hundred and twenty-fourth in a series of DAILY NANCY UPDATES I have posted-- now celebrating the fact that even though her post bone marrow transplant and brain seizure recovery continues... the amazing Nancy Neufeld Callaway is in remission and we have kicked her leukemia on its ass.
If you'd like to be automatically notified of updates to this blog-- just enter your email address in the window on the right beneath Nancy's picture, click SUBMIT, and follow the prompts!
FRIDAY REPORT
We've had two weeks off from going to City of Hope-- and her next routine appointment for blood work and a doctor's consult isn't until next Monday. So what have we been up to? Well, I've been working more and more (since in addition to sucking, cancer is also expensive) and I also took a quick trip out to visit our daughter at college in Maine for Parents Weekend. And while I was gone-- Nancy had all kinds of fun with her girlfriends.
The Sunshiny Superwarrior Goddess went to the Broad Museum in Los Angeles (as perfectly pictured above). She did some shopping. She went to movies and restaurants. And most of all, she got to enjoy herself in the company of people who love her very much.
One thing that's also made a big positive difference in our daily lives is an electronic medication dispenser that allows me to pre-load all of her many daily meds into a motorized disc which automatically dispenses pills at the right times, lighting up and sounding an alarm in the process. So between that, and setting alerts on her computer and phone-- she's gotten into a much more comfortable rhythm with her meds, which has made life much easier for both of us.
While she's slowly but surely improving, short term memory issues continue to frustrate Nancy. But one of her Monday appointments is with a psychoneurologist to get the results of an exhaustive cognitive assessment she was subjected to a couple of weeks ago. So hopefully those results will help us pinpoint some of the specific areas of her brain which are still being affected-- and then help us customize some ways to pursue appropriate methods of healing them.
I know the blogposts have been less and less frequent. But please know that's just reflective of us trying to regain our lives and find our footing while she continues to recover. And as always, know this...
WE LOVE NANCY, and...
ALL IS WELL!
No comments:
Post a Comment