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Eleanor, Marika, and Dakota at a VERY windy pull off from the Seward Highway

Eagle River Nature Center

I just had an eventful (in a good way) few days. On Wed, I had my weekly ob appoinment with Dr Ha. Everything continues to look fine. This coming Wed I have my repeat ultrasound with Dr Richey to see if there have been any further issues. Dr Ha is unfortunately away next week, so on Thurs I'll have an appointment with her partner, Dr McCleave, who I also met while hospitalized. My impression from my hospitalization is that Dr McCleave is more conservative in her management than Dr Ha, so I think it's less likely that I will be cleared to fly home, but I'd actually have the more conservative doctor help me to make this major decision, because if Dr McCleave does think it's safe for me to fly home, that would reassure me that much more about the safety of flying home. But honestly, I'm trying to not think about this too much, because I won't have the information I need until next week, so no point in worrying or obsessing about it!

The other big event was that Marika's and my friend Eleanor came from DC for a whirlwind visit! Marika and Eleanor were actually supposed to be visiting me this weekend in Boston, but since I wasn't going to be in Boston, Eleanor decided to come up here instead! She arrived Wed around noon, and went home last night at 9 pm. Marika was fortunately able to take the day off on Thursday, and since I'm able to drive 30 min from the hospital in any direction, we went on some mini road-trips. We drove 30 minutes south on the Seward Highway, which was absolutely stunning! We then had lunch in Anchorage, and drove north 30 minutes on the Glenn Highway to the Eagle River Nature Center, which was also quite pretty. It is amazing how much you can see 30 minutes from Anchorage! Meanwhile, since I was occupied with my friends, my mom went on train trip down to Seward and then went on a sight seeing boat trip from Seward, and then took the train back to Anchorage. I was glad that she was finally able to see some of Alaska! On Friday, I was pretty tired from my big Thursday, so we took it easy. Marika had to work, so we went downtown and watched her in action in the court room, which was a lot of fun. We all had dinner together at a great Thai restaurant last night, and then Marika drove Eleanor to the airport.

This morning, I slept in, as I was still kind of beat. Today, my dad, sister, and brother-in-law all arrive, so it will be nice to see them all.