another week past op

hello to everybody. cannot believe how fast the week has gone past! we are basically 6 weeks past-op now and according to the medical experts, by now the immune system should not be supressed anymore and she should become a lot better. we had a small setback last week Friday in the form of a stomach virus which made her throw up but Rita soon had this one sorted out! so from a very low weight of 28.8 kg we have her back on 30.3 kg and have to get her back to her pre-op weight of 34 kg and then beyond that as she is severely undernourished right now and has been previously. but everybody who knows her can testify that she has had a very healthy appetite and eats big portions. so mama/ me/ moi can testify that long term patients are very difficult and she is still subdued, quiet and very demanding and edgy, but this is all due to the healing process. the sternum is fully healed by now and she will be able to return to school after the independence weekend. somebody will have to carry her schoolbag for her in the first couple of weeks as that is still to heavy for her chest. in a couple of weeks time she will probably also be able to return to her boarding school and her group of friends, whom she misses a  lot. she dreams a lot too, all part of the process to get rid and work off the trauma. for now we keep her busy with cooking, her cats and toys. we have over 930 mms of rain since the start of the rainy season and all damms are still overflowing. like our neighbours says, at least this year we do not have to worry about cattle standing without water in the field somewhere. our favourite, brand new hobby is retrieving stuck landcruisers, trailers and tractors out of the farm ( they get stuck on trackroads! ) and if we do not have our own to pull out we assist the neighbours as they seem to have taken to the same hobby. we have also created a new work outfit...black rubber boots and yellow raincoats...very fashionable. have a great week and best regards from us all here on Progress!