Dave took mom to Poosh today and out to Benihana's for lunch. She really loved it and talked a lot about wasabi and ginger. She ate her meal and half of Dave’s. According to Julia, Dr. Glantz’s nurse practitioner, they are going to wait another week to do the “Koosh” in mom’s spinal fluid to be sure the blood flow goes all the way up. Right now it is not and they think it is because she still has a lot of swelling in her brain. They feel confident that the “Poosh” and the steroids will reduce that swelling enough that the blood flow will be good enough to start the Koosh via the Ommaya for her spinal fluid. They will do another scan next week to determine that. The good news is her nausea should subside when the swelling goes down. Also, the radiation nurses should take the staples out tomorrow. That will be nice.
Update at home:
Mom took a shower all by herself today. Apparently she didn't want help from Mara (modesty issues) so she got up and did it herself.
Dad is doing the shopping by himself (!!!!!!) and said he is ready to feed her dinner tonight. We might just do a surprise visit to see how things are going. :-) Dad is helping mom so much with her rehabilitation. He encourages mom to do things on her own but with his supervision. As it turns out, this is exactly what she needs. The kids all want to jump in and do everything for mom. We feed her; we hold her arms when she walks; we go to the bathroom with her. Dad lets mom do things for herself when she can. Tonight she was walked to the bathroom and back out to the patio without help. She can do it.
She was more like herself tonight than we have seen her since she has been home. We sat on the patio and read your emails and your comments on the blog. You have no idea how much strength she gets from your prayers and your kind words of encouragement and love. If prayers are like light, I would love to see the view from where God lives. The points of light are coming from all over the world and are steady and brilliant. We love you all and express our deepest gratitude to each of you for your light.
The Christensens
PS. Mom wanted to have this picture posted so that all the people in Armenia could see her family. :-)
7 comments:
'ALLO..S'TATUE? (inside joke, all)
Well how the Hall are you people? I feel like I've been chopped off at the elbows and the knees...help!! my computer crashed last time I posted a comment! (Dave can vouch for that,he read it) Hopefully that won't happen again since I'm bootlegging on Ken's & don't know if you'll get this or not.
We live for the latest posting....
kudows for the neatest kids, who keep us & the rest of the world up to date with the latest 'Poosh & Koosh wars'. Luvs you LizzieB.
you're in our thoughts & prayers continually...patsy hall & kenny 2
Hi Liz, Herb and wonderful "kids",
The first thing I do every morning is click on my shortcut to "pray4liz.com" to see how you are doing. Your strength is amazing, but not surprising...you are an amazing woman! The pictures are great and bring us all comfort. I wish we lived closer so we could help, but know that you are always in our thoughts.
Love,
Pam
Dear Liz and Herb,
Thought you'd like to know Gagik and Naira are in their home. They have electricity, windows and doors.
Keep Kooshin and Pooshin that monster away. We love you.
Elder and Sister Erler
Pamela said...
Liz, you're always on my mind. I love that Pam can read to me what's happening with you. If I wasn't so dumb, I would have had a computer, but then again I wouldn't know what to do with it! So I have to depend on my dear niece or anyone who's smart enough to read the daily "Liz news". I am so happy that you are doing so well. I'm depending on you to stay strong so that when I visit we can break bread, laugh, cry a little, and be happy we're alive, especially me! :-))
Until I hear from you, I love you with all my heart. Stay strong--remember you're an Armenian!
Love,
Aunt Marge
Dear Liz,
We are praying for success with your treatment. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Love, Dr. Spike and Ruth
'ALLO..S'DIS ME? IT IS ME! HOW YA BE LIZZIE B.? We're hoping this was a good day for you. You're in our hearts and on our minds..which is a good thing..we're big on hearts..iffy on minds..But whatever we have it's yours.
Hope tomorrow is a 'sunshine day' for you...Luv ya kiddo...patsy hall......& that guy that hangs out with me
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