Curveball

Before I start tonight's post, let me first report that Emily had a good day, I will get to that in a moment.

Today we were thrown another challenge in the family. My mother, Gail, has been admitted to the hospital with a tear in her Aorta artery, pericardial effusion, and possible leaky aorta valve. It's life threatening and she will have open heart surgery within the next 48 hours. She is on a cardiac monitored bed at the hospital and won't be going anywhere until she has surgery. Her recovery will be slow and it's going to be hard on her. She had been going through a series of tests when this was discovered so we are lucky it was found before it ruptured on it's own, most likely fatal. The repair she is getting is one that has been used for 40 years with great success. Like I said this Blog isn't about my Mom and I'd like to respect her privacy somewhat. However, this effects us all so much that I had to share. Emily and her Grandma are really close so it effects Emily too. She is aware that Grandma needs surgery this week too.

So now Tracy and I have two close family members in two separate hospitals having surgery one day after another.

Emily had a really great day. She spent most of it out in the back yard. She took 6 steps on flat feet. She had a shower and washed her hair. And she has that Emily smile back that I love so much. tomorrow Emily is having surgery at 9:30am so we have to be at the hospital at 7:30 to check in for it. She will be having her PICC line removed (YEAH), Mediport Placed, Intrathecal Injection of Methotrexate, Bone Marrow Aspirate. The plan is for her to come home tomorrow night.