Let me start out by saying I love mom’s new doctor, Maria Bishop! She is pretty amazing! So this is what a caring doctor looks like-nice! We didn’t get as much information as we had hoped for today, because the a-holes at CNS didn’t get mom’s records to Dr. Bishop until today. Had they done it in a more timely manner it would have made all the difference. Thanks people! Shouldn’t have expected more. We won’t get a lot of answers until next week. She does, however feel that mom can make the trip to Texas! Maria asked mom if she was okay with seeing her previous neurosurgeon or radiation oncologist if she needed to and mom said “only if I have to, but I don’t want to.” I should know in the next few days if that is necessary. Hoping it is not. I wish there were more to tell.

The good news is that Iris met us there and took us to the gift shop there where we could order a wig, which had been on mom’s mind for a long time. Having Iris there was a great comfort! Another thing that was great was that she and the social worker both felt that Handmaker is the best place for her!

Wow, it was a long day! I got to Handmaker at 1:00 so that we could FaceTime with my cousin Steffie before the appointment and got back there after 6, at which point mom insisted I go get her humus and pita. Yeah, I’m hungry and tired too. You are in a place where your meals are provided. I do that for myself-but, hey who cares. Let me go get you what you want, now-sorry, but that really pissed me off. Long day. Instead of going to Athens, which is what she wanted, I ran to Trader Joes. I don’t even think Athens makes humus……. anyway it was not ideal-but I could have brought her homemade tomorrow. My old mom would have been more considerate and less demanding, my new mom, not so much. Needless to say I brought her the food but didn’t stay. Besides I was starving! Next time I’m bringing a book, since mom sleeps through most of the wait and complains anyway.  I was super annoyed.

Today, however, is a new day and I’m curious to hear her take on everything she did hear.