Beach-bound Llama!

Mom had another appointment with Dr. Sweeney yesterday -- her last one for a while -- and he gave her the all-clear to hop in the car this Friday and head to South Carolina for a week of relaxing at the beach with the extended Poe family. Wahoo! She can also get started on a light regimen of physical therapy, which will mostly consist of walking, for now.

Dr. Sweeney continues to be very happy with how everything is healing. After we return from the beach, Mom will have an appointment with the gastrointestinal doctors and will then schedule another time to see Dr. Sweeney to talk about the next steps in her treatment and recovery.

Mom holding the other cat, Crazy Steve, who probably weighs
about as much as Mom is allowed to lift at the moment.
Does cat-lifting count as physical therapy?

In short, things are on the right track. Mom has been a total champ throughout this whole ordeal, and y'all have been an invaluable support and resource for both her and us. Thank you all for the food, flowers, cards, good thoughts, prayers, hugs, phone calls, visits, emails, and countless other things and acts of kindness -- you sustained us through a really tough couple of weeks and months.

With that said, it seems that the time is right for Llamawatch to ride off into the sunset, to be put out to pasture with scores of other seldom-updated blogs. I'll probably post some pictures of Llama and the fam on vacation next week, but beyond that, if you want to check up on Mama, you can get in touch with any of us Poes online, over the phone, or the old fashioned way. You know where to find us! Thanks again for being wonderful friends through all of this -- we hope to be able to repay the kindness someday.