Today was a good day...

Tuesday brought a few changes and advances for Bonnie. After a test, it was noticed she had very high levels of the anti-seizure medicine in her system. So, the doctors decided to stop the medication until it could be better controlled. Evidently, this over saturation of medicine was bogging down her system as today two separate people (Joyce and my Dad) called my mom 'perky.' As you all know, and even Bonnie commented that 'perky' is not a word normally used to describe her - so it was a good thing. She walked twice as far today compared to all previous exercise sessions and was in good spirits.

Also, one of the nurses removed all 25 of her staples tonight. She toughed through it complaining very little about the pain, only commenting that he pulled a few of her hairs. There was no bleeding or separation of the incision - so that turned out very well also. Her head is very much starting to itch with healing and hair growth, so the nurse warned her to be careful about scratching gently.

Mom also got to read the comments left on the 'blag'. I showed her the nice things you all had to say, which she very much enjoyed in between segments of Dancing with the Stars. I could see she is missing her computer time at home, and I didn't have a mouse on me (those laptop touch pads are tricky) but next time I will have it all ready for her to play some games and get that brain moving.

Thanks to everyone who is bringing in snacks/treats. She has been cleared to eat outside food, and her blood sugar has been very stable so she is allowed to have some sweets. I hear her friend *Rick is bringing her some cookies on Wednesday and Peter brought in some Fritos! I am sure that is more exciting than the turkey dinner she's had way too much this week.