Luck of the Irish

Happy St. Patrick’s Day Everyone!
(this is one of the fabulous nurses that is taking care of Missy)

The good news continues, and Missy is doing great in recovery.  She has taken walks everyday and the epidural along with the IVs and oxygen monitor were removed this morning . She also got to take a SHOWER — she feels almost human again. She started liquids today and seemed to have tolerated it, I think she liked the ice cream the best.  When I saw her last night (I had been out of town for work) I of course had to be the trademark family comedian, I stopped at the hospital gift shop and purchased this balloon.

When I walked in Missy had three nurses surrounding her bed with big smiles and they all said she was the best patient.  Of course they all chuckled at the balloon, but I will say the funniest part was the women selling me the balloon said “congratulations is this your first grand child?”…dang I know airplane travel is rough but did I look that old? Anyway it was sooo great to see her be almost herself. Spending time with her today was even better, she is up and down with how she feels but with how evasive the surgery was and the scar she is trying to heal she is a friggin ROCK STAR and is mostly “up” in her usual “Missy Maag” fashion.

The oncologist told her she is cancer-free right now but there will be more chemo and probably radiation treatments to make sure that all is gone.  When Missy leaves the hospital, probably a couple days ahead of schedule (we are hoping by Wednesday) she will be home and recovering for 4-6 weeks before the next rounds of chemo. Steve is thinking that they really come up for air and totally cancer-free around July 4.  Talk about Independence Day!

I will update again by Monday night (unfortunately I head out of town again). Mom is leaving as well for a few days but Suzy will be coming in this week and once Missy gets home Mom will be there waiting.

For those of you who have been asking I will be putting together a meal train once Missy gets home and settled and we know what she can/cannot eat (we are hoping everything). So stay-tuned or feel free to reach out to me.

Again thank you all for your love and support.
XO Beth