I pity that sandwich

She speaks!
Dea is up and, while she says she’s working to shake off the fog of surgical meds, she sounds as clear and bright as, well, Dea. I know I should not have been surprised, but she was packing more smile in her voice than I was expecting. She had a pretty long Wednesday, but she’s shifting into gear for some serious healing and strength building.

Dea’s thoughts and comments of the morning were focused like a laser on what she can do to heal up and charge forward. She sounded straight-up undaunted until her food arrived, at which point she did betray a hint of concern about how she was going to wrestle the sandwich they put in front of her. For that little showdown, I know how I’m betting.

Dea seems psyched about her medical team. She really likes her thoracic surgeon, Dr. Adam Bograd, who is highly acclaimed and has a great way of working with the post-op nurses to lead a coordinated team effort. Dea remarked that Dr. Bograd may also be the smiliest doc she’s ever hung with, and it sounds like this has a good effect on the team as well.

We did get a little update on Bubbette – Bubba’s robotic surgical companion. It seems Bubette was playing more of an oversight/supervisory role for Bubba’s important work – and so we all might include a nod of thanks to the robot overlords in today’s daily thanks.

I shared all of the comments that friends have been sharing, and Dea mentioned that she was looking forward to checking in with the chat group later today. Sending you strength, Dea P.