Mellow Monday

Nothing too revolutionary has happened over the last couple of days. Yesterday was a great day for Mike as far as talking goes. He had a voice the entire day, and just about everything he said could be understood. He was awake for most of the day as well. I think the best part of Mike’s Sunday may have been when his friend Fran brought him some cut-it-with-a-spoon cooked broccoli. Mike has been missing his double orders of the green stuff. We’re not allowed to order it off the hospital menu because sometimes it’s a little too hard, but the speech therapist said some could be brought in if it was soft. Mike was most pleased that there were leftovers, so he had some for lunch today as well. If he behaves, I may heat up some more for dinner.

Mike had his radiation this morning and did fine with it. The radiation oncologist saw him for the first time today since early last week and seemed pleasantly surprised that Mike is doing so well. I guess he wasn’t expecting Mike to know where he was or what year it is. I asked when the next MRI will be done and found out that won’t happen until after this treatment cycle. Mike’s last radiation treatment will be the day after Easter. The physical therapists came by today, and Mike sat up for 30 minutes. He didn’t keep up the trend of doubling his time, but since he didn’t have physical therapy over the weekend, I suppose I’ll cut him a little slack. Hmmm…I wonder if he was so generous on cutting that kind of slack with his former ball players? Mike has been quieter today and seems to be resting more than he did over the weekend. I’m figuring the radiation is causing him to be so tired…you know me and all of my medical expertise.