ROCKY

Well... Mary may not be at the top of those Philadelphia Art Museum stairs, but she certainly has earned the right to fly high! She is truly the closet person I know to that fictitious cultural hero, and when I talk to her it's as though I hear the Rocky theme music in the background.  You guys hear it too, don't you!!

Mary has been up a ton today, and is getting stronger and stronger.  She's lost almost 10 lbs of water weight and she can actually see the veins in her hands.  Her hemoglobin levels have improved, so no additional blood needed!  They are giving her potassium in her IV as the horse pill was simply too big for any human to ingest.  Why make horse pills if you intend on giving it to something other than a horse?  Another really good sign is that her digestive track is beginning to make some noise.  Things are starting to move and grove!  YIPEE

Kathleen was bringing Mary the computer as she was anxious to check her Fantasy Football scores.  Truly the simple pleasures of life and wonderful to have some normalcy.  The Doctors hope to see her discharged mid week, and then she'll have a home care program. A nurse will check on her daily and manage any post op procedures.  She will still have a tube that will need to be tended to.  She can explain all that once she's back in the blogger saddle.

I apologize for such a late blog, but know all the prayers to continue to work their magic.  Now you may want to add an additional prayer that I would get this blog out before bedtime :)

KK
(Karen Kiecker-Oldest son Tom's wife)