At shortly before 7 a.m. this morning, I received a phone call from Cathy Dunaj (not sure of her married name). Cathy is a doctor in Jacksonville, Florida. Our moms are old friends. She gave me some things to think about and offered to check out the CT scans and MRIs. With something like this you can’t have too much information-at least I can’t.

I talked to my mom early this morning-she was getting ready for her big day of therapy and she had ordered her lunch and dinner to be served in the dining room. Big step! I told her I would come and keep her company, so I went to the dining room with her. I know I am the only one saying this, but I really think she is unusually tired and different, the way she talks, the way she eats….. But then I was also the first one to notice she wasn’t quite right when she got home from Europe, and that she was deteriorating when she got home after surgery. I just don’t know what it is, if it’s normal, if it’s part of recovering from brain surgery or if there’s something else going on.

We decided to catch a matinee this afternoon-Trainwreck-I felt like I desperately needed something to laugh about! Sources tell me this is the one to see. It was everything I had hoped for-it made you laugh, it made you cry, I could have done without the parent dying though….

I received a phone call today saying that radiation was starting on Monday the 3rd after all. I’m surprised since I was told HealthSouth would not take radiation patients, but I will not argue. If they can start on our previous schedule, hallelujah! I prefer it to waiting another week if we don’t have to. At this point they have a tentative release date of August 10th, but will continue to evaluate her progress and make adjustments as needed.

Her schedule tomorrow starts with a 9 a.m. Physical therapy, followed by more physical therapy with her last appt. at 3.