She's back with us!

We're sorry to be a little slow in writing a new post.  Maybe we were unconsciously waiting for the real author to be back with us!   And now......

Here she is!

I'm finally feeling back in the real world

after struggling with morphine issues.

I mean, the stuff works great for pain, but interferes with real life.

So, I feel like I've hardly been around the last few days

to take in what is going on around me.

I'm hoping now to be going home Saturday morning

after finishing IV antibiotics.  

Finally!

What an ordeal this has been,

and I hope to catch up on missing details later.

Dodie has all the particulars under her care, and can give you those.

So, we've got a joint effort going on tonight.

Shelley

So now, folks, isn't that just the greatest?  Not a whole lot to say about the last few days since they were basically just a morphine blur.  It became pretty evident by afternoon yesterday that there was waay too much morphine in this little lady's system, so the decision was made to reduce it by a third, with the thought more could be added in if she couldn't tolerate.  That decision was made without her knowledge so there wouldn't be any anxiety about having less factored in.  She tolerated it really well, and....need we say any more?  Tonight she is perky enough to feel like writing that bit, her pain is well managed, and she is continuing to deal with the side effects of chemo and radiation, none of which are pleasant.  They've all been described to you before, so we'll skip it....except to say that the ghostwriter's term Demon Mucous is 100% accurate.

Thanks sincerely to the entire cheerleading section!

-The Sister-in-law Who Counts it a Huge Privilege to be Shelley's "Nurse" This Week!