A Very Good Thing

Knowing today wouldn't be a "waiting" day, we got up this morning feeling good. The remainder of the day was beautiful and warm with the temperature in the high 80's; and not even a single cloud tried to blemish the deep blue sky.

Lots of company came by to wish Lois well today, her mother was here for a few hours, as was my mom, then Lois' Aunt Wanda and cousin Jani were here for a while too. Brooke and her three youngest came by; the two younger ones slept while Izaiah had the pool to himself. Later some dear old friends from high school days came to visit.

Lois just came upstairs with the cards she received today. She really enjoys hearing from all of you; and I do too because it lifts her up. She's printed out all the emails and blog comments; she's kept all the messages in the voice in-box (which will have to be emptied soon), and is creating a notebook with all this communication we have going with all of you.

Her condition from surgery continues to improve; the drain tubes have slowed down appreciably since first coming home, she still feels NO pain in the primary wound, and only a small amount where one of the tubes pierces her skin.

Lois and I had a very nice dinner for two this evening, then took a drive along the Columbia River in Columbia Park. This time of year, when the sun goes down behind Rattlesnake Mountain, the sky fills with those beautiful oranges and reds which then reflect off the river. I should have taken my camera.

Derik: As many of you know, our son has obsessive compulsive disorder. We were both very concerned about him knowing his mother had cancer. It is one of those "things" that could trigger an extremely heavy episode of ocd. I told him a few days ago simply that his mother had a growth removed and the doctor said everything looked good. Derik asked if it was anything that could be bad, and I responded that it could. He didn't say anything more about it. So yesterday, when I was in his apartment and his roommate was gone, I took the opportunity to give him the full story, keeping it upbeat and full of hopeful promise. He came home with me to see her and he did very well. We haven't heard anything from him today with the exception of his call earlier asking if we wanted to take him and his roomie out for "burgers." I guess we're all ok, for now.

Not much to report today, and that's a Very Good Thing, right Martha?