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10/29/05
Day Ten
Filed under: General
Posted by: Dan @ 9:45 pm

I’ve posted some photos of this journey on Sandy’s website at: sandybeardsley.com/stanford — Link at right…

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8:00 pm…

A great day today - our first full day together outside the hospital. Though we both had a rough night - Sandy fearful at times about being away from the safety of the hospital - I would awaken and hold her until she fell back asleep. We also had to wake up twice so I could give her the medicines she has to take every few hours. But we awoke in each others arms for the first time in what seemed like an eternity… what a gift.
After a little breakfast in bed, I helped Sandy wash her hair (she still can’t get the incision area wet) so it’s a careful two-person job over the sink. This afternoon we drove to downtown Palo Alto (only a few minutes away but we hadn’t been there yet) and walked past all the cool shops, outdoor cafes and pubs and went to this great restaurant - which turned out to be some of the best mexican food we’ve ever had - and it was good to see Sandy eating real food again… and there we were, marveling again at something so simple as going out to eat. We walked around a little more - slowly, as Sandy is still weak and not completely steady on her feet. We got back to the hotel and went and laid in the sun by the pool - had it all to ourselves - Sandy napped there awhile, exhausted from going out, and I floated on my back in the warm water and gazed at the trees overhead - some very meditative water therapy.
This evening we opened a bottle of champagne (Coppola’s Sofia for you wine people) and toasted life….
Good night,
Dan
PS - A perfect bit of good timing… Lance Armstrong is on TV tonight - Saturday Night Live - so that will be fun.

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