More Dental Work

We reached a milestone this week! We visited M>D> Anderson, and came back with more parts than we went over with! Progress!

Day 1 - Prep

We drove over in the morning, since the first appointment was not until 10am. The drive was nice, especially since the car knows the …

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Swallow Tests and Staple Removal

It has been two weeks since modification v5.0, and we are back at M.D. Anderson for tests and follow-up visits with Dr. Yu, the plastic Surgeon.

We found out Monday evening that we had a 1PM Tuesday appointment to have a "Modified Barium Swallow" test, so we had …

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Pain is a Pain

Cats on Drugs

Home Again!

The cat has forgiven us for abandoning him to cat-sitters for 10 days!

I can lay in my own Sleep-Number adjustable bed!

Well, that last one is nice, but it is sure not as adjustable as the one in the hospital!

All I have to do now, is …

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Discharge Day

I must have gotten on the nerves of the nurses today. They threw me out!

Actually, one of the nurses said she was going to miss me and would have to deal with one of those "normal" patients. You know those: the ones who complain a lot.

I have run …

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Staples

Today is day six after surgery. I had another eventful night, visiting with nurses, checking email, watching TV. Wait! That was from 2AM-7AM. Sleep? Naw! We don't need no stinking sleep!

I am actually getting into this nighttime routine. The clock moves in mysterious ways in the middle of the …

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3AM at M.D. Anderson

No one gets much sleep at M.D. Anderson!

Here I am, at Version 5.0, hanging out with my night nurse, Yesinia (whose parents got the idea for her name from a Soap Opera! Parents sure come up with weird names for their poor kids!)

Yesinia has been working …

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