Friday, October 19, 2007
Better This Morning
This morning, Mara looks around, smiles, and even speaks a bit. Her headache is still there - no surprise - but she feels less pain than last night. She was not on painkillers for most of the night. The night went well, but she did become nauseous when she was being moved: last night for a CT scan, this morning to be washed. She threw up a bit. When we see her, once every two hours, we keep her lips wet with a "lollipop" (tiny sponge on a stick). Dave and Elise initiated a brushing of the teeth so her mouth is fresh and Mara can show off her beautiful teeth. Carol will go in the room with her this morning when she is having her MRI done, to hold her ankle when she is in the machine. We are feeling encouraged.
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Hi Mara I could not go to bed last night until I heard the news of your operation. And what good news I heard! Mike also had surgery yesterday to repair a herniated disc, so between the two of you, I was in prayerful meditation all day. Keep smiling, keep swimming.........we love you!
Oh, my God, we lived to read that!!! I'm so happy! Heal, Mara, my love! Get better and smile your beautiful smile! We love you so much!!! We are so proud of you!!! David, Carol, Elise, Dad-David, you are wonderful! Hugs and kisses!
Zlatna
We have been checking the blog every hour here in Dhaka (10 hour time difference -- ugh!) to hear how things are going, and were so happy to hear the latest. We'll be holding on to your other ankle in spirit, Mara!
Love,
Chris and Luke
If the ankles are taken, I'll grab the big toe. I know you can't move in those blasted things so I promise not to tickle you.
Good morning Mara! I love the lollipop sponge idea. Can't wait to hear more. XXXOOO LizM
That is such wonderful news, so happy to hear about Mara smiling, and speaking. Zlatna, I sent the package by UPS, it should arrive in Sofia by Tuesday afternoon. Then on to Holland? Jennifer, if you want to send your gift to maybe Kristina Martin or Ems in Holland? Love to you Mara, look how are still bringing people together from your hospital bed!!
Julia
Dear Mara,
I'm Mireille. You lived in my Apartment in Berlin while I was in Taiwan.
Liliana has informed me. I would have liked to hear about you in a happy circumstance...
When I se your pics, you have not changed at all in 10 years, except for the hair.
Sincerely, I am impressed to see the self-assurance and pride in your eyes. Not many are so tough in this situation.
I wish you further keep so tough and pray for you to go through this horrible time.
Mireille
My dear Mara,
This is Frances Abouzeid writing to you from Las Vegas where I'm visiting my Mom & family. Alexi is here too and we both send you and David lots of hugs and love and thoughts and prayers and would send you home cooked Lebanese food if you'd like so just let me know what you're craving and I'll get my Mom to make it :)
You are an amazing woman and an inspiration to all of us. We'll be following your blog. I wish I could swing a visit to NYC to come visit and give you a big hug...
Lots of love from Las Vegas and Lebanon...
Fran & Alexi
David, Many many thanks for keeping us updated. So glad that Mara is surrounded by friends and family both in person and in spirit. We are sending lots of prayers and positive thoughts to Mara and to all of you. Love the photograph.
Love you Mara -- you're a true fighter and my hero!
Dear Mara: We were so happy and relieved to learn that your operation went well. Looking at some of the other "comments", we are impressed by your world-wide circle of friends. Your courage throughout this ordeal has been unbelievable. We send our love and hope you will soon be up and about and back in Washington. Sherman & Lucy
Mara, since ankles & toes are spoken for during the scan, I'll send a mental neck and shoulder massage, post CT.
Kristina, please send me your address in Holland & I'll send you my little addition to the global packet --am in L.A. but leaving Tuesday for Stamboul, too late to be in on Julia's package. Delia asked me to include a little amuletic something from her too, so that adds Chicago to the mix & if I can this off today it should be to you by Tuesday...
Love & heartfelt wishes to all those assembled around Mara today!
Dear Mara and David,
What a relief that the operation went according to plan. We are glad you are together now.
Amazing that during such a difficult period a close network of friends and family can follow every step and is thinking of you all the time. You have to fight this struggle yourself. But you are being carried by all your loved ones, a worldwide web of angels.
Julia says: Hi Mara, Veel liefs and please do much sleeping in the hospital. I will draw a rose for you and send it.
Much love from Sigrid, Jonathan, Julia and Rosa
We are so happy Mara is smiling again! It seems that we are all waiting all day for news. It is so hard to be so far away and not to be able to help. This blog is great. Thank you, David!
All our love to you all! Lilly, Gadi and Dany
This is WONDERFUL news. I am the one heading to the Hague, and just put another message with details on that on the earlier blog string.
Hugs, hugs and more hugs to you, Mara!
All my love, Claudia
Mara,
Swimming to health--that's how I see that wonderful photo of you. I'm glad the surgery is behind you, and I am sending thoughts of healing your way.
David,
Thank you for being there for Mara-- and for the rest of us too.
Pam
Hello Mara,
You do not know me, but I work in the D.C. office. I just received word of your condition. I would like to express my sympathy and strong support of strength I envision you having. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Keep rock'n it out.
Brehan
Dear Mara,
You are so amazing and courageous! I am praying for you and thinking of joining Luke in shaving solidarity...but it's a bit cold here in Budapest...
Your blog entries are so buoyant and vibrant! I am mystified at how you can make so many people laugh and smile in the midst of your own struggle.
You are in my prayers. Sending you big hugs and lotsa love,
Monique
So glad the operation went well! I hope you get a better lollipop soon. I am so impressed by how many people love you, from so many places, and by David, who is so good to keep us all updated. Keep it up, Mara. We love you! Laurie and Jaime, Sofie, Luca, and Anna
Hi Julia,
keep that gift-box going! I am sure to put something in it and s o are Jonathan and Sigrid and their daughters so get this box to me with the name whom I'll send it on
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in the meantime: so far so very good
David, I'm so glad you took that plane and are t h e r e with Mara
Mara, keep going; and remember: trutholas are the biggest....
never mind
well, Mara and David, and collegue-bloggers (if this is a word)
let's go for it and I love blogging with you all to support Mara and (my cousin~!!!!!) David;
love, hugs and kisses (or, like we would say in Indonesia, years - ages - ago: love, bugs and hisses -
dikke zoenen uit Zeeland!!Jeroen-with-the-broken -ankle Ems, Loodi; Kiphond, Barend
David: sad news for our generation: Jan Wolkers died .(Terug naar Oegstgeest; Turks Fruit, etc)
Mara, dearest,
I'm picturing you with a white light surrounding your head, your heart and your being! a healing white light!
Love, Leah
Queridos Mara and David! I am so so pleased and happy with the news...! thinking of you constantly no many words are left.. except sending so much love and strengh from this part of the world... and the gratitude for each precious moment to come.. I see Mara smiling, opening her eyes and even eating "lollipops!"
love you both so much. My heart is with you.
You know,
actually I wanted to say not onlY " David, my cousin"... but: David, I'm so proud of you being my cousin . and you hounding out of Jordan to be with Mara. Echt!! (Proud Ems keeps on walkin'')) (and Elvis ha
s left the building) I mean, let's not get too sentimental here...
Dus: dahag lieffies!!
Ems
I wish Mara you could see the constant stream of people to my desk asking how you are doing. I send them to the blog site but I love the fact that I have an excuse to talk about how wonderful you are multiple times a day!!!!
Love Anna
Dearest Mara,
Know that you are very clearly in my mind and heart. Sending lots of healing energy and clear, clear, love. You are surrounded by many earth angels it seems. Your life is manifested all these amazing people sending you well wishes. Feel it and rest well.
lovelovelove,
kathleen
We are thinking of you here in Chicago and hope that every day finds you stronger and stronger. Your many friends,family and well wishers are a testament to your character and strength.
Love, Mimi and Mark
you are held by the forces of love and light, dearest Mara. Thanks to Jah (or whatever) you are doing better and are surrounded by so much love. I am praying constantly and seeing you healthy and strong, and well again, dancing atop a mountain with sunlight on you and David next to you. You will be there, and we will all be so thankful. I love you, from rainy, sloppy, chilly portland. xoxo jo
Mara, it's 1 am and just praying that everything went well for you..I'm so happy to hear that you are feeling well. We are all thinking about you...pretty much constantly. I wish we could see your face, but it makes me happy to think of you smiling. rest yourself, dear!
(I posted this on the previous page by mistake first) OK, I know it's maybe strange to start using Mara's blog to address other people, but Mara, it's all for you babes, so please excuse. Zlatna: the package is on the way to you, it will arrive in Sofia on Tuesday. From there, I know both Kristina M. in Rotterdam and Ems, David's cousin, want to get in on it. And then to Charlie in Ireland....but Zlatna, you need to coordinate the next move!! I love that we are weaving this web from here. Mara, as Saturday morning dawns here in Turkey, I hope you are sleeping comfortably in New York, and that healing has set in. Love you endlessly,
J.
Hi, Mara, my dearest! Hi, David! Hi, everyone on this blog! It's a fall morning in Bulgaria and it's probably just Julia and I being in that time-zone, awake and starting the daily energy stream to go Mara's way. I hope she is peacefully sleeping and resting, feeling no pain, only to wake up stronger and smiling! I pray for that to be the case! I'm sure each one of us on the blog, plus scores of people around us, do the same!
On a more practical note, Ems, I need your full postal address, dear, since it's you I'm going to send the get-well-soon international package on to.
Now, a technical question to everyone: Do you think I can put up a picture of Mara (taken when she was on my radio show a year and a half back) on this blog? Or, can I add to this blog a very short MP3-piece from the show, where Mara is speaking excellent Bulgarian (you know how fluent she is in so many languages!) - I think you'll all enjoy listening to her go on in our exotic language. If you can give me a hand, technically, I'd appreciate it .
Zlatna
Hi Mara,
Just wanted to say that your spirit touches us deeply and we send you our love and prayers.
We are with you, big hugs,
Silas, Jeanne and Taivan
Hi Zlatna., my address is: Kampweg 11, 4328 RJ Burgh-Haamstede, the Netherlands. To whom do I forward the package ???
Hi David and Mara, it's a lovely sunny day over here ! Thinking of you !!! love, Ems
Hi, Ems, I still miss your full name! I guess you forward the package on to Charlie in Ireland. Hi, Charlie, please give a sign, plus your postal address!
I am so excited by the gift idea! Great of you to have made it up, Julia!
Love to the whole community!
Zlatna
Hello Mara, David, and everyone!
So glad to hear the good news. Hope the scan went well. Mara, the kids made some cute pictures to send you to brighten up wherever you are in two weeks. I will contact AID to find an address in the states for you. David, you rock, my friend. Ems, can I send a gift for the package to Mara to you at the address here on the blog? Cheers, and I hope everyone continues to do well. Diane, I hope that Mike's back is doing well, also. Smiles from Jennifer, Matt, Radhika and Rhys
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