Stitches Come Out

Tuesday evening Kyla and Jed left for San Francisco for an appointment with her surgeon, Dr. Kunwar, on Wednesday. The nurse removed her sutures and Dr. Kunwar examined her. He said she is doing very well and that all the symptoms she is feeling are quite normal. She can feel kind of a sloshiness (I don't know if this is the best term to use) in her head from the treatment and frustration at problems with word retrieval. This should get better in time and was a relief to Kyla that what she is feeling is normal. She had kind of a bad day the day they left but came back feeling much better. I don't know how she has managed to keep as positive as she has all this time....I know I would have felt frustrated quite a bit sooner than she is.

They did manage to go have a little fun while there. Of course they had dinner at Villa Romano, that great Italian restaurant on Irving Street. Kyla had a craving for their fresh clam Fettuccine. They decided since there was so much food left over they would be kind and find a homeless person to give it to....however, not so easy to just stop in the streets of San Francisco where the panhandlers are. So it kind of leaked on the back seat of the car instead. But no problem.....a little spot shot didn't take care of. They also went to Alcatraz Island and took the audio tour. Kyla is a history buff so she found that very interesting.

Emmy stayed here and Aunt Jill watched her during the day and her nights were spent with Gram and in her words, "kinda old" Grandad. I don't know where she learns these things! She and I watered the flowers and vegetables, picked daisies, gobbled at turkeys and just had a great (but busy) time.

Last weekend Jed, Kyla and Brian planted a bunch of different varieties of tomatoes, broccoli, lettuce, peas, pole beans radishes and cucumbers. Things are taking off growing well now. Brian spent one day making a couple of corner frames for the fence we are putting up around the raised beds to keep the deer out. We saw seven does the other evening grazing outside our living room windows and then two bucks the next morning. So it won't be long before they try to eat up all the plants. We have already had them munch the strawberries and walk through the beds leaving kind of a mess. Hopefully we will have that taken care of this weekend.

This Friday, the Psychology Department at the UO is holding a silent auction fundraiser for Kyla and Jed. We really appreciate all the kind and supportive people we are surrounded by. Thank you to everyone who is donating items and to all of you who have put in the time and energy to organize this. I will try to report on it later. Assessment and Taxation where Dave works organized a fundraiser at Papa's Pizza during the time we were away in San Francisco for Kyla's surgery. A huge thank you to all those special people for the time and effort spent on that and for all the people who purchased the pizza that night. We were sorry to have missed the event but do appreciate all the support and kindness.