Today, we motored back into Georgetown for a quick pit stop, a necessary tune-up in the lengthy oncology Grand Prix. The crew chief and lead mechanic today was Dr. Cocilovo, Daniela's surgical oncologist. Dr. Cocilovo cleared Daniela, and pronounced her fit to resume the rally. The date for the reconstructive surgery will be sometime in mid or late May. This race is lengthy. The terrain is uncharted. In order to ensure optimal performance over time, her mechanics have laid out a course of diagnostic letters...MRIs, CAT scans, CBCs, among others.Daniela enjoyed today's ride. Dr. Cocilovo's bedside manner and candor infused Daniela with a renewed sense of adventure. She smiled and soaked up the sun on the way home. Shedding her customary cover, she became a cranial convertible. Sunglasses domesticated the springtime sunshine as she shifted gears....
4 comments:
One of my co-workers has been going through similar times as Daniela. She is a just a few steps ahead in the process, it seems, and is growing back her hair and her energy is visible and full. Both my co-worker and your wife are perfect examples of strength and grace. There is a poem by Mare Howe that is about that type of grace, I'll type it for you later on...
Willow~ (I like the grapheme trailer ;)
Please give your co-worker our warmest regards. Glad to know that Daniela's outlook is shared by others. I Look forward to the Mare Howe poem....
Hope the Burlington charm will zap your creativity back into full stride :) -Ken
I am also a breast cancer patient of Dr.Cocilovo.I am going to have all the procedures that Daniela had gone through. It is quite soothing and enjoyable to read your blog. I've got a lot of encouragement. Thank you for sharing your stories. You have a beautiful wife and a gracious life. God bless Daniela and your family!
Dear Yukki...
I am glad to see that the Blog has a life of its own after Daniela finished her treatments. I never thought, as I wrote and documented and photographed, that other patients and survivors would find comfort and draw strength, and even read themselves into a refuge from the experiences they were to face, were facing, or had faced. Thank You! ...for your comment.
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