Recovery: Week Three

            Difficult to keep Cindy from pulling her PEG this week.  She still has issues with chewing and swallowing some things like meat, but is pretty much back to a normal diet supplemented now and then with some Ensure.  So, Thursday we started the process of getting the PEG removed, hopefully early next week. 

            She had her last session with the swallow wallah and continues with the physical therapist who keeps adding new exercises to stretch and strengthen things. 

Recovery: Week Two

            A relatively routine week with physical and swallow therapy appointments.  By week’s end, Cindy was venturing beyond a liquid diet and becoming adventurous with her meal choices: this noon toast with strawberries and tofu.  A bit eccentric and innovative but needed some Ensure (by mouth, thankyou) to top up.  She is now lobbying for removal of the PEG (stomach tube) and had to be convinced that it wasn’t quick disconnect. 

            Meanwhile, she’s been out thinning the enthusiastic plants in the patio and generating about twenty pounds of green refuse.