I'm laughing out loud at John's discharge methods! I was impatient too after three weeks in the hospital and I went home on Thanksgiving Day with 15 family members at home waiting for my arrival. We nearly needed a moving truck to get my stuff home. While we were waiting for the moving carts, we dressed my husband up in a hospital gown, put him in the bed and propped an emesis basin under his chin, the clot protectors around his legs, footies over his shoes and then took a picture of me and my sister suctioning his mouth and brushing his hair. Actually the nurse took the picture. I'm not sure that floor will ever be the same! (He'd probably be very, um, "ticked" at me for telling you this!)

I'm so glad you're home! I'm hoping John's recovery will triple its speed now that you're in your own comfort zone.

Love and hugs,
Ruth


Ruth E. Moran
dx minor salivary gland adenocarcinoma 4/99, resection 5/99;
rec 1 lymph 2 cm 7/03, mod. rad. neck resec. 7/03;
rec primary 10/05, resec, pec flap, PEG tube, IMRT 2&3/06, Osteonecrosis right mandible removed
1/08 metastatic lung cancer, 3/08 clinical trial MD Anderson