Weekend update

Guest blogger Daddy Jack has taken over--here's his weekend report from ground zero: 

On Friday, Anne's deep and wide support team began dwindling; Mary Claire flew back Friday morning to her Washington D.C. home, hubby and law practice after two weeks as chief of communications for convalescent services; and on Saturday morning Anna headed home to Dallas after a ten day stay.  That left Jack and Anne's parents, Mary and Clarence.  The good news being that she can now get out of bed, and go up and down the stairs by herself, though not repetitively nor with the velocity of a speeding bullet.  Her record for upstairs/downstairs transit in a day is four, but that resulted in her declaring a holiday the next day with only two such adventures.  On Sunday she actually ventured outside, walked up and down the driveway twice, and managed to sit up most of the day enticed by the Ryder Cup golf match from first tee to last finish. [N.B. from MC: Mom was very proud that she fixed her own breakfast Sunday, but was quick to point out it was a very complicated recipe--a bowl of cereal.]

 

She reports the food has been wonderful and ample and thanks everyone for the great cooking and delivery service - actually her handlers are eating far, far more of it than she and pass along their warm thanks as well (Jack reports gaining 8 pounds in the two weeks since her surgery), but her appetite is improving. Like a bull stock market, she's getting better, but by unpredictable fits and starts, two steps forward, one back...still not up to visitors. 

 

Thanks again for all of your cards, emails, calls, and sustenance - it would have been so much harder without it.