October 14, 2007

Good evening everyone.

Things are progressing slowly by my standards, but the nurses say otherwise. The oval shaped wound has changed to a circle which means it's closing in. There seems to be a little less pain on the bottom of my foot than before so I take each little change as a good sign. When I remove the vacuum myself in the shower, it's now bleeding which indicates new tissue is filling in. The nurses are happy with the color of the wound. Each little change, i. e. less pain, able to leave my foot on the floor for longer periods of time, moving my toes is a big step for me.

I was able to take the vacuum off when I took a group of seniors to Smithville on Thursday, Oct. 11. At first the weather was pleasantly warm. When we went in to have lunch at the Smithville Inn, the rains came. After lunch we went back to shopping to find the temperature had dropped dramatically after the rain. My brother Denny (who's now retired) assisted me in the wheelchair. It was a good day away from my living room setting.

I have chemo tomorrow for one day. My next chemo is scheduled for Nov. 12 for 5 days and hopefully will be the end of it.

So things are changing for the good.

My friends at St. Rose have started to cook for our family two days a week, which is a blessing as with the colder weather setting in has kept Paul a little busier to make sure people's heaters are ready for start-up. So thank you to my friends Sue and Kathy for last week's dinners and desserts.

Keep up those prayers. They will get me back to First Presbyterian before you know it.

Betsy