Subject: Lesley Update - 11/2

I visited Lesley yesterday afternoon.  I got there just as she was about
to be moved from Intensive Care to the regular neuro floor.  I got to
help drive her bed.  I felt like the fireman on the back end of a hook
and ladder truck!  She was doing real well with great movement on both
her right and left sides, and was talking as well as she had been before
these two swelling episodes.  Her memory seemed to be good as she was
telling me about EgyptAir that she had seen on the TV and told me the
names of the doctors who visited her.  She said she'd been mostly awake
since 11 PM.  She has an exterior type of headache from the swelling
from the surgery that we are managing with an ice pack and with
Percocet.  Her appetite was good and she ate virtually all of her lunch
and dinner (except for her peas and coffee - they didn't have her meal
selections so they gave her the "standard" meals (she likes neither peas
nor coffee)).  I actually think she's doing better than after the first
surgery.  She hadn't gotten out of bed yet but she seems to be close to
being ready to do that.  They're tapering her off the Mannitol and will
be keeping her on the Decadron.  She went to bed shortly after dinner,
about 6:30.

This morning I called and she said her left eye was swollen shut, but
she was doing real well.  She slept through the night except for when
they poked and prodded her.  She is now on Tylenol instead of the
Percocet (her choice) and said the head aches less.  She'll probably go
for a walk this morning.  Assuming she's still awake, I'll take her for
a walk this afternoon (I need my exercise, too :-)).  She was real
interested in how the kids are doing.  By the way, the kids are doing
fine - just not listening to their grandparents the way they should.

I'll update you again if there are any significant changes.

Dave
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Dave Baldauf, h/o Lesley, gbm, dx/srg 8/99, rad 9/99, rad completed
10/99, debulk srg 10/99, probably starting Temodar 11/99
mailto:dbaldauf@ultranet.com