Archive for the ‘Medical’ Category

Pierce Update #11 (Address Update!)

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Hello all, Mom is making good progress with her therapy. Signs of improvement are visible daily, and she’s excited about this continuing.   She moved to a different floor yesterday evening. For those of you sending mail, please make a note of the new address below. ALSO, she may be outpatient in a few weeks, […]

Pierce Update #10 (with a picture)

Sunday, July 12th, 2009

Hello all, Some cool news! This past week, an awesome team of Occupational Therapists, Chelsea and Alex, started helping mom walk and be more physically active. The next big steps will be getting her physically back to strength, since she is indeed in remission with the leukemia.

Pierce Update #9

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Hello!   Mom wants everyone to know that she has started physical therapy to help rebuild her strength. She’s having to learn how to walk again, and while It is exhausting, she’s looking forward to the results. They may move her to a rehabilitation facility to help her through this process, but that isn’t certain […]

Pierce Update #8

Sunday, July 5th, 2009

Hello, Mom asked me to convey that she hopes everyone in the U.S. had a good 4th of July! I joined her for a while before going out myself to see the Houston Symphony Orchestra, which was quite cool. Our friend Fran had made a pot roast here and I brought some of that for […]

Pierce Update #7

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Greetings! Things are continuing to progress. Shortly after my last update I was informed that they wanted to do white cell donations for mom to fight off her infections. Her own white cell count has started to rise on it’s own, but in an effort to expedite her healing, they still want to do the […]