Since the last post in late February, Mara's condition turned much for the worse for several weeks, until she started to make some positive progress. And that progress was very small, with many setbacks. Then, about 10 days ago she started to take larger steps in the right direction and recently has made huge gains. She's now off the ventilator while she is awake, has a good range of movement with her arms and legs, and speaks very clearly. She is scheduled to be released from the hospital around April 21st. She still has a long way to go, but her improvement is now steady and very noticeable every time we see her 3 or 4 days apart.
As for me, no news continues to be good news--so I've not needed to post to the blog much in the last several months. I have some of the life-long side effects from the radiation and chemo, but nothing that can't be handled or should cause worry. My next scan will be in about two months.
I was slack with my running over the winter, but will get back to it soon, now that I know I'll be running in the Peachtree 10K in July.
Over the summer I plan to work on a book that tells the story of my cancer treatments and recovery. I showed the blog to a consultant with the American Cancer Society and he thought that would make a great source for the book--he loved the Prairie Dog stuff! Of course, a big part of the book will be about all the love and support we got from Team Mike, and that will be the major theme for the book. More on this as it progresses and I can find the time this summer to do the writing.
mike
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