Note from Stacey

Hi Everyone! It has been a rough week. For a while I couldn’t get out of bed at all, and was too sick to do anything but lie still. Things are looking up now; I’ve decided to take some pain meds which enable me to at least get out of bed a little bit each day. Today was a great day since I am fresh from a shower, have already taken a walk, and even ate a little Japanese food that my friends Cindy and Guy brought. Unfortunately, my daily goals still remain 1) keeping pills and food down after meals 2) going for a walk 3)taking a shower 4) visiting with guests who come I have not been able to do much reading right now, but I appreciate everyone’s suggestions and books you have brought. I have started an art gallery and card collection…now, in addition to my own drawings and paintings and posters of Hans, Lynn, and Scott there are also wonderful drawings by 3-year-old Sophia, 7-year-old Mahony twins (Maya and Zoe) and an overlapping string of get well cards that have acccumulated over the past six weeks! Kristina, Carlos, Lorraine, Denise, Isa, Bill, MIki, and Joyce, thanks for your encouragement and the updates when I wasn’t feeling as well. Off to try some stairs while I am still a “free woman” not hooked up to the IV pole for the hour. Then it’s back to the ol’ hospital room for meds. Stacey, from Stanford Hospital