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April 30, 2010
Jean is now out of the ICU and in a regular hospital room, has eaten her first solid food, and has taken a few strolls in the hallways of the UCSF Parnassus Heights Hospital. Her room there has a fabulous view. She expects to be home by Sunday. Her sister Anne is arriving in San Francisco tonight. Jean wants to thank everyone for the flood of positive energy she has received from you via text messages, voicemails, facebook, and emails. Your messages have helped me tremendously through this time. The best way to leave messages now is probably the guest book page on the website to which we have sent you the link.
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April 28, 2011
The last few days were like a roller coaster ride, Jean had her appointment with Dr. Berger of UCSF On Monday April 25th, and here she is in a hospital room recovering from surgery on Thursday afternoon April 29th. Jean’s surgery did go well, she is feeling fine, a bit tired, and we are waiting for the result of biopsy. |
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April 15, 2011
Hello Everyone, I've got an appointment with the Dr. Berger of UCSF--the top neurosurgeon around, for April 25. I am excited about it. Love, Jean |
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April 10, 2011 |
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Recap of Jean's 1st Scrabble game after brain surgery: she played her tiles slowly, took a couple of naps during the course of the game, but won a convincing victory with the help of "quarto", triple letter score on the Q. She wanted to use that Q for "baroque," but couldn't quite fit it in. But she did squeeze "pinkies" into a crowded board, completing a few other words at the same time.
The editor is recovering smartly.
(from Matt Pico's Facebook page)
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Jean came back home yesterday at 3
Before she was discharged, Jean wrote "Thanks for everything!!!" on the whiteboard in her room. And the hospital experience does make you appreciate the beauty of everyday people just doing their jobs -- not just the surgeons, but the nurse who carefully removed the bandages from Jean's head, and the food service staff who are gentle with the patient's loved ones when they wander dazed through the cafeteria trying to remember what it was they wanted. And of course it's so much like Jean not to forget to leave that note -- thanks to her for being Jean.
We stayed connected to the current of human goodness when we got back to Wood St. Jean's sister Anne, a radiation oncologist, will be staying with us for a few days, and she's a great source of medical advice, practical information, and moral support. My brother Mickey is helping out too, in ways large and small. Babak Rowshan set up the jeanscare.myevent.com web site. And to everyone who posted on that site, or on Facebook, or phoned or texted Jean: thanks, it meant a lot.
Speaking of those posts, a few of you cautioned against pushing too hard, against expecting the recovery to go to quickly. Anne agrees with you -- optimism is essential, but not to the point of denial. It's not that Jean isn't doing well -- that Scrabble game was impressive, and she's reading now. But she does get tired easily, and we'll have to take things one day at a time. So she may not be able to return phone calls and texts as quickly as she might like, and we may postpone visits; the tumor walk next Sunday in San Francisco is iffy.
[from Matt's Facebook page) |
