Hurry up and Wait

We spent last Friday with Nan, and she looked so well- beautiful and quite healthy, decked head to toe in purple (which Amanda says is a powerful and healing color, so purple it is!).

 It was a gorgeous sunny day in Monterey, we just hung out in the apartment and were entertained by the baby.  Nan seemed to have little trouble making conversation, and moves about very confidently, albeit slowly and with a healthy dose of caution.

This last week was spent preparing for treatment to begin.

Appointment at Stanford

On Friday Nan, Tom and Fritz met with the specialists at Stanford.  
Everyone was very impressed with the demeanor and bedside manner of the lead Neuro Oncologist, and feel like she is in good hands. 

The tumor is a glioma, and Nan will begin treatment immediately (chemo- just one pill a day- and radiation) in Monterey, with the treatment protocol designed by and overseen by the the Stanford team.

She is in great spirits, and navigated the very steep steps in front of her mothers' condo with nary a second thought, which Fritz found very impressive.

Welcome! And Nan is home

Welcome to Friend and Fans of Nan, the place to be for updates and information on Nan's medical condition.

This is Sue Ann typing right now (daughter in law, mother of beloved only grandbaby).

I will do my best to keep this blog up to date with the latest- I know that everyone is in shock and very concerned, and wants to know what is going on. This is a centralized site where you can visit at any time from your computer, Iphone, Blackberry, etctera.

The address is www.nanwilliams.blogspot.com

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Nan was discharged from Stanford on Monday, and is now back home in Monterey.

Tom reports that she had a good night's sleep (everyone knows how impossible it is to rest properly in a hospital) and woke and ate a proper breakfast. Her spirits are good, though her energy is still low and she is resting quite a bit. She is still struggling to retrieve the words that she wants to say, but to be frank a person on the street meeting her would not have any clue that she was having difficulty- it's just that she has always had such facility with words that it is really frustrating to her.  The weakness in her right side persists, so she is being careful about the risk of a fall.

She returns to Stanford on Friday to meet with the uber big cheese Neuro Oncologist Tumor Guy. He is the director of Neuro Oncology, his research focuses exclusively on brain tumors, and is the very cutting edge of treatment protocols for glioblastoma multiforme (one of the possible diagnoses) so she could not possibly be in better hands. She should receive the results of the biopsy at that visit, and hopefully a clearer idea of treatment options and protocols.

So for now we continue to wait and pray.