Newest Health Update

Ok, so here's a bunch of boring stuff, but it is what it is and some people like to know what's going on!

In the past two weeks, I have had four doctors appointments. The first was last Monday and with the neurosurgeon, Dr. Madsen, who will be doing my surgery. He is amazing, by the way! We love him!! This was a somewhat nerve wracking appointment. We knew most of what was going to go on during the surgery, but hearing it from him, "The Guy", made it much more real. So, the whole process consists of two actually surgeries. During the first one, the team will open my skull on the left side, just above my ear and back, and remove it. Then they will place a grid of electrodes on my brain and temporarily put me back together, wake me up and monitor me in the hospital for about a week. They will induce some seizures and have me do some things to decipher exactly where the affected area is. Once they have done that, they will do the second surgery where they will remove the effected brain area. They do the grid so that they don't remove more then necessary. After the last surgery, I will recover in the hospital for about another week. There is much more to it, but that is the gist of it. Sounds like fun, huh?

The other appointments were with my hematologist and a vascular specialist at the Brigham who both agreed with each other that I can be taken of the blood thinners. Yeaaaah! Finally, after 6 months!! ! The vascular specialist is now going to talk with the neurosurgeon to make a plan as to what we should do before, during and after the surgery regarding blood thinners to make sure no more blood clots show up. After that is figured out, there should be a date! They are thinking October, so hopefully that is when it will be. I feel like once there is a date, I will be able to start planning things a bit and keep my mind off of the bad, and think more about the outcome, hopefully positive! It's sort of like a due date, I feel like I am nesting! Weird, I know! But I need to get a plan for the kids and for help around the house while I am recouping and healing up, which could take up to 3 months. Yuck. But that's that.

Enough serious stuff!! Here are some pics of my Little's! Aren't they cute?? They keep me happy, regardless of anything else!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE them!!!

Trying to be a big boy on Papa's phone in Daddy's glasses. I think he was asking Auntie Tina when she was coming down to the Cape house, which was adorable!

Silly girl!! But those eyes! So pretty!