Thursday 31 May
A sound night's sleep followed by a day with less energy and prolonged naps. It is now 3:30PM and Lara has been sleeping several hours all in all since she first woke up. Doctor Willemot came by and found her vital signs in order. The results of the blood test were all pointing in the right direction, except for the platelets. (No news there.)
Her blood pressure is down to 85 over 50, which is not totally unusual for Lara, but admittedly low. Her vertigo, standing next to her bed, was the first and, so far, only occurrence of its kind. To be followed up. The usual nausea, and of course the dry coughs were in attendance, but mitigated by various medication. No saignements, no pain, breathing still OK (supported by 6 liters of oxygen a minute).
Virtually half of her black little stubbles have now disappeared and where they have, soft blond hairs have begun to grow back out. Fuzz.
At around 4:00PM she had about half a bowl of soya yoghurt with half a banana. Only to lose it again twenty minutes later. Eating, nausea and keeping her food down are determinants of her overall condition as they control nutritional uptake. With her low blood quality, and the absence of transfusions, she needs nourishment somehow.
I went for a walk in muggy weather and ended up in a narrow side chapel of the medieval Abbaye de la Cambre, across from our apartment. I meditated for half an hour in total quietude and it restored some piece of mind.
By 6:00PM I will attend a ceremony where our friend Jacqueline Moens de Fernig will be made a Knight in the Order of Leopold, the decoration being pinned on her by my old friend Mark Eyskens, former Prime Minister of Belgium and Minister of State.
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