Payback can be fun!

This blog has certainly served a few functions since it's inception. Currently the blog is serving to assit Meghan with memory recall. Each morning I ask her what she can remember from the prior day. Then we look at the blog (and read all the comments) and her brain is able to retrieve these memories. So forgive me if I post a few pictures--it really helps Meghan.
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As a part of Cognition Group today, the kids went to a health fair, sponsored by MGH. This booth was our favorite: The surgical team......

Having been the patient 5 times here at MGH, it was time for Meghan to actually perform the surgery. This young patient needs an appendectomy and Meghan is ready with the scalpel.

Now Meghan is removing the appendictis. Uh Meghan, shouldn't you be looking at your patient? I think you have the liver instead!

Next we moved on to the beehive to see how honey is produced.

Meghan's motto

Now onto "Healing Arts": Making patterns with paint on a coffee filter.

At Proton Beam, every Friday is "Gift Friday" and the kids get to choose a gift. Every Friday Meghan choses the same gift--a Barnes and Nobles gift certificate for books. This room is the "Super Siblings Room", so she is trying to choose something for Cameron and Brianna.

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ONLY 4 MORE TREATMENTS TO GO

We went back to our favorite Thai restaurant for dinner, and then to the Ronald McDonald House for another game of Phase 10. For the 3rd night in a row, Meghan was the champion. Grandad, the analytical, card counting, and strategic gamer, rarely experiences defeat. And yes, we played fair....no sympathy assists. Games are serious business in my family.

A dinner had been brought into the Ronald McDonald House by a group of local volunteers. The Boston community is incredibly supportive and people are constantly stopping by to serve, cook, clean or donate something. It is a surprising uplifting environment considering the emotional turmoil that most families are enduring. Trust me, we are one of the happier stories!