All has been well since my last post. Larry is working full time and feeling pretty good. However, for the past month he has noticed that swallowing seems a little "tight". He had heard of other patients getting "stretched" to help with this feeling. It's called "dilation". I called the surgeon's office to find out more and they scheduled an endoscopy for Friday (November 4). The surgeon sent a camera down Larry's throat to check things out - everything looked great and he did the dilation. Larry's got a sore throat, but that will go away in the next day or two. It was reassuring to know that everything looks good - all the way to the small intestine! Next visit is early December.
Now to explain the bottle caps. My co-worker, Lynne, has been collecting bottle caps for her artist cousin who uses them for art projects. I have been donated caps for a while. Over the summer, the artist came to our local science museum to make a mural. When I saw a photo of the finished work, I thought I recognized unique caps that came from Larry's feeding tube bags. Yesterday, Mike and I went to Imagination Station to check out the mural. Sure enough, Larry's purple caps were part of the project. I've attached a few photos to show you. The mural is 12 feet long by 8 feet tall. A great way to recycle plastic caps!
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| 12x8 mural |
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| Big purple lids are from Larry's feeding tube bags. |
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| We recognized cream cheese lids, milk caps, detergent caps... |
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| shampoo caps, pop caps |
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| and more. |
