Eat lots of irons!

After a very difficult Tuesday, Mom has perked up considerably. She’s now lively and alert, the tremors have diminished to almost nothing, and she has even been able to take walks around the block, accompanied by Bro Bill. (He came over from Wenatchee for a few days when he heard that some additional assistance might be in order. Definitely a mensch!) Mom herself has said that while Tuesday was a 3 on a scale of 1-10, Wednesday was a 6.5 and today so far is a 7.

We’ve agreed that Monday, with about six hours of doctors’ appointments, including the chemo, was just too much. Next time, no double or triple scheduling.

Both Peg and Bill have been making sure that mom eats lots of red meat, dark green veggies and red grapes to shore up her low red blood cell count; she got steak Tuesday and pot roast with veggies last night. My frequent text messages to Bill advocating that she eat foods high in iron has led him to take a very humorous take on the topic:

It feels good to laugh.

"Tell Mom her lunch is ready."





"Getn dinr ready"