Starting to feel a bit more human today (Sat).  Discharged Tues. one day after surgery, a bit early but I'd rather suffer at home and watching  the old growth trees being ripped out by machinery behind the Faulkner Hospital (expansion coming!) was a bit too close to home as I recovered from an organ being ripped out by machinery.

Luckily I'm in the care of a highly qualified Nurse Practitioner who glances at my incisions with a quick "looks great!" while I grimace and quickly turn away from the mirror while hunched over the sink when I have the energy to stand.

Test results on the removed kidney came back today with no surprises; Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma contained to the kidney. So little chance of recurrence, 6 mos screening (MRIs), hopefully no more surprises down the road.

It's a long road to recovery, but we are getting by. Meals are being served, boys are reluctantly helping out with some chores, basics are cared for as Margaret bears the load for a few more weeks.

Optimistically the summer is booked full of camping trips,  kayaking with the scouts, and a trip to Iceland at the end. Now if I could just get out of bed and stand up straight!