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God is great!!! I had to sleep and went to Franks house (another UF professor) and slept for a few hours and showered. Along the way Ann's car broke down, so I made a detour to the Acura repair shop. The shuttle driver brought me back to the hospital and when I arrived Holly was awake, had no drain tubes, was walking with minor assistance, and she is still awake and doesnt want any more pain meds. I knew the major source of head pain was those drain tubes, I have purposely not discussed them with you all. So Praise God, she is making major progress and has been reading the blog and has talked to the kids. An amazing change from 7 AM.

About the drain tubes, Holly has he sense of humor back, her quote, "I would rather have had natural child birth three times than to have to endure that again", and she said it with a big smile. They pulled tubes from under the skin and gave her six stitches without any local anesthetic. I can't image having stiches in my scalp with no local, and on top of that pulling of the tubes. But the level of improvement she has experienced once they were out is incredible.

For those friends of Holly's from the brain forum who are still considering having surgery let me tell you have surgery and get it repaired. The halls of three floors of this hospital are filled with patients with ruptured aneurysms and related problems who are alive but will never function again. The stories are all similar. Thank you God for giving Holly all the signs to find this and get it fixed.