A Year Ago Today

A year ago today I was in a hospital room. "Big deal, right?" I work in the hosptial. But, a year ago today, I was the patient. I was recovering from brain surgery. I was groggy and in pain. I was not able to get to a computer to write about my daily events, but writing runs in my family and my precious mom wrote: I have just come from Post Anesthesia Care Unit, where Laura is recovering and waiting to be moved to her room in the Neuro Special Care Unit. We visited with the neurosurgeon about an hour ago as he completed his part of her surgery. He was delighted to report that the surgery went very well, that the tumor was picture perfect and very defined, and that he was able to remove it all - allowing that because of its location and the proximity of the brain, the carotid arteries, and the pituitary itself, they do not go for margins in these cases, as there is just not enough wiggle room, so a minuscule possibility exists that it could come back, but that is not highly probable. He said that this will be a case he uses for years ahead in his teaching role to other neurosurgeons. Laura will receive pictures of her own (she will like that - is fascinated by all things pathophysiological) Laura has HUGE headache. She has had all the medication she can be given, and ice packs surrounding her nose, face, and head, and had me rubbing her temporal regions with all the pressure I could possibly apply for the last twenty minutes before they asked us to leave the PACU to prepare her for transfer to the NSCU. She is, of course, still groggy from the anesthesia, but kept repeating over and over, "headache, big headache, keep pressing mom." We spoke with the ENT physician prior to the surgery, but haven't talked with him post-operatively, but expect he will have a good report as well. Linda Z I am forever in awe of God's amazing grace and perfect plan. God healed me. He is in the business of healing. Healing minds, bodies, relationships, countries, and souls. Whether it be in Africa or America, God still performs miracles: I am one of them.