sunday 6/13

so far so good!

wound care: neck incision (lymph nodes), trach hole, leg graft, feeding tube plug
meds: 4 in pill form must be pulverized and made into liquid, one liquid needs more liquid
nutrition: 5x day via feeding tube

not a bad days work all in all! we've experienced difficulty with feeding only once-- one of the pills mom takes has a tough coating that doesn't dissolve well at all... a little piece of shell got stuck in the tube. after i dug that out, all was well with the world again. tomorrow i'm inquiring to a liquid form of that little sucker. we will not be defeated!

mom's talking much better now. some syllables still aren't articulated well enough to understand... but that's what paper and pens are for, right?! her tongue is still swollen but gotta share that it's pink again and looks normal-- other than it's size. nice work, docs!

she's feeling "wonderful!" loves being back home and regaining her independence. the nurse came out to see her friday and told us about a chef who had the same cancer as mom. here's the story if anyone is interested:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/12/080512fa_fact_max

to prove what a great sense of humor mom has, we've got a joke about her new tongue that was rebuilt thanks to her thigh.... sooo, just how many razors does it take to shave a tongue?!

:)