Home day 3 and 4 by Francy Thursday January 29th 2009

Well Mary Jo's recovery is going great. She is able to get up and move around really well. She still has quite a bit of pain, but has been able to cut back on her pain medication. Taking showers, eating normally (except her throat still causes her to choke some). She has gotten lots of visitors, call, some cards, plants, an edible arrangement and she appreciates and loves them all. She plans to update the blog herself, maybe even tonight. She is napping right now, but has been awake most of the day. It is hard for her to tell cuz she wants it all back to normal now, but she makes significant progress towards recovering from the surgery every day. She will see her doctors next week. Plastic surgeon on Monday for check up and to get her stiches out, Oncologist to discuss next steps for chemo on Tuesday and Surgeon for general check up on Thursday. Her chemotherapy should start in about 3 weeks (she had to wait 4 weeks after surgery). She will have 5 months of that.....then one more surgery to complete her reconstruction so keep up the prayers and postive thoughts. She needs them. She has come so far already, but still has alot to endure. More updates later....