This weeks plan
Monday we will get our appt time and day for the MRV in Ann Arbor. My niece has stepped in and became our volunteer “Nurse Case Manager”, she will assist us in making sure we get everything done – I don’t know how we would do it without her. We will also have another appt to meet with the pediatric neurosurgeon to go over final questions and plans and get the surgery date. Thursday Andrea has a Neuro visual testing appt in Lansing to get exact measurements of her eye sight/movement, they will repeat this test after surgery as well. So this week should be much calmer than last week. Andreas spirit seems more upbeat, I think Fridays appt lifted a lot of worry for her too. Those awful drugs are finally out of her system, but now she has too deal with a #8 pain level – because the new drugs are not as strong. She had a great weekend. She stayed awake for longer periods of time and did more smiling. Especially when a good friend came for a visit and brought the “Twilight” movie, it made Andreas day. Also a neighbor brought over her Aussie dog (Anni) to play with Andreas aussie puppy (Abbi). She has received cards, phone calls, gifts and emails that have really lifted her spirits and reassured her that she is not alone and she has a lot of people that love her. Grammy and Grampa brought over lots of fruit for Andrea and she is enjoying that. It was a busy weekend for Andrea, but a much needed spirit lift.