Hi all, I am sorry I didn't get to post anything yesterday. I talked to Lara, who has remained Alison and Kirk's faithful support person aka scullery maid in Berkeley, and when I talked with Alison she confirmed that Tuesday was a good day. Her headache continues to improve, she doggedly (sorry about that to the Cat People) walked about 30 minutes with Lara because she is determined to keep her conditioning up; and never fear, her appetite remains healthy (this is a euphemism: she is still on a pretty good dose of the decadron [steroid for brain swelling] and will cheerfully tuck in to almost any food item put in her sight lines. Keep your fingers back, I warn you!).

She and Kirk will meet with the medical oncologist today (radiation oncologist is next week) to hear about that treatment.

She is so much better than a week ago that she and Kirk are going to fly solo for a couple of days, meaning Lara leaves today; frankly, I think they are sick of us and ready to have their space back for a bit. But ha! Daughter Dani is finishing the semester-end stuff in Monterey (Cal State Monterey Bay student) and is heading up Friday to add her assistance and lovely presence; so we will have Dani's first hand reports to keep us up to date. I guess Dani had better check in with Lara regarding the extent of scullery maid responsibilities...we love our young 'uns.

Thank you all for posting your comments - it gives Alison one easy place to go to look for her "fan mail". Cards are great, too, and email to her is OK, but I don't know how much she is checking there (a bit more eye strain, I think). If anyone has something they would like us to post on this main area, feel free to email me at whit@got.net, or leave a message in the Comments. Love to you all, Deborah