today's doctor's visit.

Speaking of amazing medical care, Dr. Haughey was gracious to see us in his office today between surgeries so he could check Mike again before we fly home to Nebraska tomorrow. He scoped Mike through his left nostril to view the surgery area. We were pleased to hear him say "It's healing very well. There's a nice bed of granulation tissue forming. (Translated: the body is filling in the area with new tissue before the outer layer heals over.) The surgical wound looks as it should." We (cancer patient & cancer coordinator) had a little disagreement about what "light physical activity" meant, so that was one of the questions we brought to the appointment. Mike is not to lift (or move or push) anything heavier than 10 pounds and should avoid any jarring activities. When he remembered that Mike works with large animals he asked if he needed a note for his employer. Mike told Bruce that his employer (Dr. Kelly) had been more than gracious about this... and I wanted to add - and Jackie will watch out for him when he is back at work! Dr. Haughey saved me a lot of energy when he added as he went out the door "Now there can be secondary bleeding in this critical period and if that happens, get yourself to an emergency room and call me on the way." Now I can rest assured that Mike is not going to take any stupid chances. (Thank you Dr. Haughey!) I am guessing that maybe he could work at his desk at work in about two weeks. We will see Dr. Haughey again after Mallory's graduation on May 17th and Bruce will give him the nod for more normal work-related activity at that time. Mike did lose 3 more pounds by the same scale today, so I would say that his full-time job these next two weeks is "putting on the feed bag".