Signs of Spring

Today was a beautiful day in London, made more so by the rain-soaked day that preceded it. The beauty of my flat is that it is walking distance both to the hospital as well as to the office.  So I had enough time this morning to walk to work.  As I passed St. Anne’s Limehouse I…

Let’s Share

As much as I like to be positive and report progress, today was not one of those days.  I’ve had issues with my lower back since 1986, and I was just saying to Ellinor that I was amazed that it hasn’t troubled me in the last 10 weeks, since it’s often triggered by stress. Of…

Recalibrating

Well, Mary Elizabeth finally had her surgery this afternoon.  After all that delaying, it was pretty anticlimactic – just a relocation of the EVD, and an all-new haircut. After a lovely dinner last night with Peter, an old friend from high school who’s visiting London from Barcelona, I had a long, difficult day today.  Getting back…

Quiet End to 2009

Today was another quiet day for Mary Elizabeth.  Although the nurses said she was responsive earlier in the day, I wasn’t able to get any reaction from her.  She was far from sleepy however, spending most of the time I was there moving her left arm around, and attempting to free herself from some of the…