On the day Monica left the hospital, she had a very nice nurse named Maria who took the time to give us advice on the "next" steps and how to deal with the first meeting with the cancer agency. She also gave us a very informative book about brain tumours prepared by the Brain Tumour Foundation. This book has helped us a great deal and we have already become aware of other good programs and support available from the Brain Tumour Foundation.
In the course of our internet travels, we had learned that the Brain Tumour Foundation was having a fund raising run/walk called the "Spring Sprint" on May 29th at Burnaby Lake. Already appreciating the value of this organization, Marley thought that she would like to support the event and signed up as a volunteer. On Sunday morning Monica and Greg decided to participate.
The weather for the walk was great and the location on Burnaby Lake was very nice. There was a good crowd of all ages and the event was well run. Marley was assigned to help kids with face painting. One interesting side-note was that we noticed that Deloitte (with whom Monica's cousin, Norman, is a partner) was one of the primary sponsors.
At the event, a person came up to us and said "I know you" - it turns out that it was Maria the nurse. A large group of the nurses fron the neuro ward at the Royal Columbian had come out to support the event. We had a nice visit with her.
The highlight for the day was that Monica and Greg walked the whole 5K . Monica extended herself a bit (she hasn't been walking that far since her surgery) but otherwise did well . We have been noticing, when she gets tired, Monica doesn't lift her right foot properly and Monica and Greg noticed it again today.
The rest of the day was pretty relaxed. Monica rested, Greg worked in the garden, Marley was studying for her MCAT and Jesse spent the day at UBC studying for his remaining finals.
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