Re: Hi from beautiful downtown DRMC

[Guest guest]

Good to hear from you ... it's been such a long road for you

but you have made TREMENDOUS progress!!! Hang in there

girlfriend. It will get better.

Hugs,

--Kym in Seattle

[Guest guest]

Hi -

I have been following your story and must say again - YOU ARE A TROOPER! I

am so glad to hear you are doing better. Hopefully in a few months this will

all be a distant memory - you'll be feeling so good and be full of energy

you'll be like a hummingbird flitting from place to place! Hang in there!

in Santa

3/24/03 - 320 (Dr. K)

9/24/03 - 238 (-82)

>

>

> Hi Kids!!

>

> Just a quick note to say I'm still here at DRMC. Dr. K removed my NG tube

> today but I'm back on NPO for the next couple of days before they start the

> blue water, clear liquid, full liquid, soft diet.

>

> Chest tube was removed Monday and is already healed up. My steri-strips have

> falled off, but my incisions have opened up at the top and bottom (size of

> dimes). Dr. K is not too concerned just told me to keep them clean. Dr. K

> hasn't given me any idea of a release date, but I'll definitely be here for

the

> Delano Meeting and I may even match Bonnie's one month in the hospital.

>

> Everyone has been very kind here and I appreciate everyone's calls, emails

> and visits. However I miss being home. I miss my kitties. I miss the sunshine.

> I even miss rush hour traffic. It's funny what you miss when you've been

> inside four white walls for more than two weeks.

>

> The nurses say I've lost weight, but I refuse to get on a scale. The only

> scale I trust is the one in Dr. K's office. Plus even if the scale showed I

> lost 20-30 pounds...I'm not sure it was worth the price to lose it. Hopefully

in

> a few months I'll think differently.

>

> Hope everyone is doing well. If you're here for the Delano meeting, come on

> by...I'm in Rm 308. Otherwise I may waddle my hospital-gowned butt over there

> for a short time.

>

> Love,

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi !

I'm so glad you are finally on your way to recovery. It's been a rough one

for you, girl, but you're a fighter and well on you way in the right direction!

I wish I were close enough to drop by for a visit (but you are glad I'm not

around because I have a nasty virus and you REALLY don't want it)! I hope to

hear more good news from you soon!

Hugs and blessings, Ann