Mondays Neuro Surgeon Appt.
The appointment with Andreas Neurosurgeon went very well today. He said after looking over her MRI from last Monday – he felt the need to check in on Andrea and be sure her followup care was going well. Which we had not had any followup care from the Doctor he passed us on to yet, because they never returned my 3 phone calls for appointments and Andreas Neuro Radiation Oncologist said there would be no need in seeing another doctor besides him for the time she was doing radiation. Anyway, because Andrea really likes her Neurosurgeon and we like his so thorough and really knows his stuff and his office staff is wonderful – we will remain with him as her Neuro maintenance doctor. With all of that said, Andrea will not have to see him again until April of next year. So as it looks right now, after her Neuro Opthamologist appt next week – we should be all done with appts until 2010. Andrea is still trying to resume her normal routine – but finds she is not up to par yet. But the number of days she can go strong before needing a day of rest are improving. She actually went to school all 5 days last week (first time since school began), but is home today sleeping. Not that she needs to add anything to her schedule, but she is joining a talk group that meets once a month at the hospital – called HEAD STRONG. It is people of all ages that have suffered a head injury. It will give her someone in common to talk with and vent, being that she doesn’t seem to want to vent to us. She remains strong willed/tough for us. She will also need to take time to do 8 hours of community service in the next 9 weeks so that she can fulfill her NHS commitment. She is undecided what she wants to do for that this time, she has so many ideas: volunteer at a vet clinic or animal shelter, at the dairy farm she used to work at, at the elementary school or the one I think she may do this 9 weeks is make character pillow cases for the hospital to hand out in the pedsdept in Carson City. So that is all for now – will post next week after the Neuro Opthamologist appt. Also, I have been trying to decide at what point I do not update the Blog any longer. Todd checked the number of hits for October and it was over one thousand, so at this time we will continue the blog and we are all very thankful so many care about Andrea. Have a good week.
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Sorry, I’ve been lax in checking for updates, but I’m glad to see Andrea is is moving in the right direction! The pillow case idea sounds like great idea, I’m sure the kids receiving them would really enjoy them.
don’t stop updating, I like hearing how sge doing!