The road to recovery

Scott is improving everyday.  He slept the best last night that he's slept all week - a little help from prayers and our friend, Ambien, probably had a little to do with that, so we must give credit where it is due.  Also, since last Saturday Scott has not had one dream about cancer to wake him up, so thanks for all the prayers there.
I got up early this morning and drove Abby to the airport to fly home to her hubby and little Easton who have been living without her this whole week.  Thank you to all our friend's up north (Mew, Haylee, Janna, and Ben's mom especially) who helped out so much, making it possible for her to be with us!
Scott has been up and about more and more - little baby steps.  He took his first shower since surgery this morning which was a milestone.  During the day he has been camping out in the easy chair in the middle of the living room here at the condo, while we try to keep up with his growing desire for food and all the drugs. The night we got home from the hospital his body started realizing that we took it's Thyroid away and it's hasn't been very happy about that.  This has been the most uncomfortable thing for Scott since being home, as he is in an almost constant state of unease as his hormones fluctuate.  He has hot flashes like a 45 yr old woman and is then freezing cold 30 seconds later, woozy, and overall just "weird feeling".  He has started the hormone replacement therapy that he will be on for the rest of his life and hopefully his body will even out soon.  We've been told this can take anywhere from a few weeks to months.
Another big milestone today was Scott's first outing since getting out of the hospital - we went right back there for a follow up appointment with Dr. Moley before leaving town.  The doc said he's pleased with everything overall and pathology reports should be back sometime next week.  The plan is for us to be able to do our follow up care in New Orleans, while consulting with Dr. Moley along the way.
SO, overall things are going quite well and we are very blessed by that!  We fly back to NOLA tomorrow and are excited to be home.