7/30/2008
7/29/2008
Hey its Cortney again. I guess I am going to have to smack Holly in the head to get her to blog about being a brain surgery patient. Ha Ha. Come on Holly, get on with it...
No more UTI, she feels much better, she dropped the old ball and chain UTI which was holding her back from running a marathon.
Yesterday I went to work and the professional movers came to move Holly's mom. Holly helped her mom unpacked boxes, she drove the kids to camp, and was active all day. She felt good but I knew she would be tired today. This morning, she said she felt good and told me to go to work. I went in late after thwarting the invasion of millions of ants in our bathroom and chasing a five foot long black racer snake off the front porch (he loves our front porch and visits almost everyday but he still won't let me pet him). She took Spencer and Sydney to camp again and chased Brogan all day, and when I got home she was definitely tired. She went to bed early tonight but overall she has had two very strong days, the strongest two days since before surgery. YEAH, PRAISE GOD !!!
No more UTI, she feels much better, she dropped the old ball and chain UTI which was holding her back from running a marathon.
Yesterday I went to work and the professional movers came to move Holly's mom. Holly helped her mom unpacked boxes, she drove the kids to camp, and was active all day. She felt good but I knew she would be tired today. This morning, she said she felt good and told me to go to work. I went in late after thwarting the invasion of millions of ants in our bathroom and chasing a five foot long black racer snake off the front porch (he loves our front porch and visits almost everyday but he still won't let me pet him). She took Spencer and Sydney to camp again and chased Brogan all day, and when I got home she was definitely tired. She went to bed early tonight but overall she has had two very strong days, the strongest two days since before surgery. YEAH, PRAISE GOD !!!
7/26/2008
Cortney again... I moved boxes for Grams this morning. Then we all went to one of Spencer's friends b-day party. All the parents and kids came, all ages, the adults conversed and let the kids play on a water slide. We were there for three hours, Holly had to rest most of the time but she was up and out of the house. Then we went to Imagine Schools family picnic, there must have been 500+ people and kids. We ate again and met the 1st grade teachers.
Holly has been experiencing weird side effects from having surgery. She has some memory loss, short term, forgets the train of thought during a conversation. Also she is overwhelmed in a large group situation, also driving a car. It is sort of interesting to think about: we all drive cars and listen to the radio, talk to the passengers, talk on the cell phone, read signs, all while sort of effortlessly driving a straight line and not having a wreck. Holly is amazed what having so many brain thoughts at once does to her, she gets overwhelmed. Think about a large picnic, you carry on a coversation with a group while you eat, all while scoping the crowd, watching the kids, etc. It was overwhelming. It was ok at first but as she tired it became worse. I assume this is one of those have to do it alittle more each day before you can progress things. Like going to the gym, no pain no gain, this is no push it no progress tomorrow. Weird side effects I never thought about before surgery, we understand these are common and usually go away.
Well Holly promised you faithful bloggers that she would give her profound statement, she did a few days ago, it was God is Great!!! Then she promised you she would start to share her experiences with you from her perspective. Trust me it will be worth checking back to read. Hopefully this little blog will jumpstart her fingers to start telling it from the patient view. Wait to hear the rolling into brain surgery wide awake story, wow.
Today I thought about how much God has blessed my life. The list is endless, I quietly started to list the blessings and I realized it was crazy to try to list them all. All I know is having a wife who has had brain surgery and all we have been through has changed me. I always have had faith, it is one of my spiritual gifts, from the beginning of all of this aneurysm worry God has covered us with his love I have know that everything was going to be fine. All these hurdles were nothing for God, he was there to carry us over them. He orchestrated such a perfect plan for everything, he even covered the tiny details. He is so great.
I look back at all the ways people have blessed us through this. I am not sure how to thank everyone. We have had over 50 meals cooked and delivered to our house by people from church, MOPS, and friends. We have had 20+ people step up to care for our children for periods of time. There has been over 6300 visitors to this blog, Holly has been on prayer chains and lists in countless churches, many of you all have prayed for us each day, and if you were not praying you were thinking about us. Wow. This is what being a Christian is all about, thank you all so much. You have truly loved us through this trauma in our lives and we have emerged healed, humbled, and stronger in our faith. Thank you and God Bless you all!!!
Holly has been experiencing weird side effects from having surgery. She has some memory loss, short term, forgets the train of thought during a conversation. Also she is overwhelmed in a large group situation, also driving a car. It is sort of interesting to think about: we all drive cars and listen to the radio, talk to the passengers, talk on the cell phone, read signs, all while sort of effortlessly driving a straight line and not having a wreck. Holly is amazed what having so many brain thoughts at once does to her, she gets overwhelmed. Think about a large picnic, you carry on a coversation with a group while you eat, all while scoping the crowd, watching the kids, etc. It was overwhelming. It was ok at first but as she tired it became worse. I assume this is one of those have to do it alittle more each day before you can progress things. Like going to the gym, no pain no gain, this is no push it no progress tomorrow. Weird side effects I never thought about before surgery, we understand these are common and usually go away.
Well Holly promised you faithful bloggers that she would give her profound statement, she did a few days ago, it was God is Great!!! Then she promised you she would start to share her experiences with you from her perspective. Trust me it will be worth checking back to read. Hopefully this little blog will jumpstart her fingers to start telling it from the patient view. Wait to hear the rolling into brain surgery wide awake story, wow.
Today I thought about how much God has blessed my life. The list is endless, I quietly started to list the blessings and I realized it was crazy to try to list them all. All I know is having a wife who has had brain surgery and all we have been through has changed me. I always have had faith, it is one of my spiritual gifts, from the beginning of all of this aneurysm worry God has covered us with his love I have know that everything was going to be fine. All these hurdles were nothing for God, he was there to carry us over them. He orchestrated such a perfect plan for everything, he even covered the tiny details. He is so great.
I look back at all the ways people have blessed us through this. I am not sure how to thank everyone. We have had over 50 meals cooked and delivered to our house by people from church, MOPS, and friends. We have had 20+ people step up to care for our children for periods of time. There has been over 6300 visitors to this blog, Holly has been on prayer chains and lists in countless churches, many of you all have prayed for us each day, and if you were not praying you were thinking about us. Wow. This is what being a Christian is all about, thank you all so much. You have truly loved us through this trauma in our lives and we have emerged healed, humbled, and stronger in our faith. Thank you and God Bless you all!!!
7/25/2008
Its Cortney again... Holly has another four days of antibiotics for the UTI. That should knock it completely out. Today we went and purchased Spencer his new school uniforms. He is going to attend a new charter public school a half mile from our house, it is called Imagine School of South Vero. Then we took Spencer to the doctor for his 6 year old well visit, all was fine. Then Holly drove home after dropping me off at the title office. I attended a closing for a condo Ann (Holly's mom, a.k.a. Grams) just purchased. It is beautiful and given the sinking real estate market she scored a beautiful condo for a bargain price. Then we all went out to see it. We got home and Holly was pale, I always know when she has overdone because she gets pale. She had a some delicious chicken pot pie and hit the bed. It was a very active day for her and she did well, we will see how she feels tomorrow.
Tomorrow I am going to help Grams move to the new condo. She is so excited and the area is beautifully landscaped and has lots of private areas for the kids to play, she is so excited because now she will have room to have us over for dinner and have a fun place for the grandkids to stay over night. It is about 5 miles from our house. I am going to keep Holly away from the moving activity as much as possible. Spencer has a birthday party at a friends and there is a school picnic tomorrow night. I dont know how much of all of this Holly will be able to do, we will see and hopefully going to bed early tonight will help her bounce back from overdoing it today.
Tomorrow I am going to help Grams move to the new condo. She is so excited and the area is beautifully landscaped and has lots of private areas for the kids to play, she is so excited because now she will have room to have us over for dinner and have a fun place for the grandkids to stay over night. It is about 5 miles from our house. I am going to keep Holly away from the moving activity as much as possible. Spencer has a birthday party at a friends and there is a school picnic tomorrow night. I dont know how much of all of this Holly will be able to do, we will see and hopefully going to bed early tonight will help her bounce back from overdoing it today.
7/24/2008
Hey its Cortney again. Yesterday Holly and I took the kids to the fountains to play (it is a city park with fountains of water the kids run through). She was worn out when we had the kids loaded and were pulling out of the driveway. She sat on a chair in the shade and watched the kids play in the water. She got her second wind and did well, we were there for about an hour and a half. When we got home she was pale and I told her to go to bed, she did and slept for three hours. Being gone from home for two hours and driving across town was a big event and took all of her energy. Yesterday evening our neighbor Mark was going to mow our lawn again but Holly wanted me to mow and she wanted to be outside and trim a few flowers. She ended up sitting and watching me but it was progress in getting our lives back to normal to mow our own lawn.
Today I had a meeting for work and Holly had to drive Sydney to gymnastics. This was the first time she has drove and she said it was overwhelming, it was amazing how much concentration it took her to drive and how tiring that was for her. She said she was white knuckled on the steering wheel and was very nervous. I got home at 3pm and she had just returned, she had had a shower, was dressed pretty, and had makeup on. She soon lost the good clothes and was again in comfies and rested.
She finished three days of antibiotics for the UTI this morning, I think we will call tomorrow and get three more days because she still has a back ache. She says it is better but not totally gone yet.
All of this is progress, little steps towards recovery. Not as far as we thought we would be at six weeks post-op, but we will take the progress.
Today I had a meeting for work and Holly had to drive Sydney to gymnastics. This was the first time she has drove and she said it was overwhelming, it was amazing how much concentration it took her to drive and how tiring that was for her. She said she was white knuckled on the steering wheel and was very nervous. I got home at 3pm and she had just returned, she had had a shower, was dressed pretty, and had makeup on. She soon lost the good clothes and was again in comfies and rested.
She finished three days of antibiotics for the UTI this morning, I think we will call tomorrow and get three more days because she still has a back ache. She says it is better but not totally gone yet.
All of this is progress, little steps towards recovery. Not as far as we thought we would be at six weeks post-op, but we will take the progress.
7/21/2008
I didn't expect to blog again so soon but thought I would keep everyone informed. As I mentioned in my last entry I am on the road to recovery but don't we all know that every road has bumps. I have been telling Cortney that something is just not right. I am getting better but there is something that is hindering the progress. The past several weeks I have had a severe backache and my fever has not gone since surgery. I visited my family doctor for a urine test a couple of weeks ago thinking possible UTI and it was negative. I have been so worried that I have another problem occuring and it was going to take testing and persistence to resolve the matter. When I saw Dr. Hoh for follow-up last week I mentioned my back pain. The diagnosis was no kidney problems since I didn't wince when my back was pounded. I insisted that they take a urine sample just in case. What do you know, I got the call today that indeed it is a UTI and I am now on Cipro for the infection. As crazy as it may sound I was ready to get cake and ice cream to celebrate the announcement and the medicine. Tell me that brain surgery doesn't make you a little crazy!! So now I am back on meds and hope to recover from this little bump in record time. Hopefully then it will be full recovery ahead and we can back up and talk about what I have been through and not what I am going through. Keep praying.
Also, please pray for a friend I have made from Ohio, Nicole, who is going for appts.the next two days for opinions about surgery for her new found aneurysm. She too is young with 2 small children and very frightened just as I was.
Also, please pray for a friend I have made from Ohio, Nicole, who is going for appts.the next two days for opinions about surgery for her new found aneurysm. She too is young with 2 small children and very frightened just as I was.
7/20/2008
WOW! It has been so long since I posted I had to return to June 10 to see where I left off. I last blogged in a state of intense fear and apprehension. It is truly miraculous where I have been since that morning, with all Praise to my Faithful and Incredible Father God!! I do not yet have the energy nor the mind set to fill you in on my experiences, but over the next couple of weeks I will journal (blog) about the surgery and recovery. You have all been so faithful and incredible to stick with us through this journey. I am looking forward to sharing my thoughts about the experience with you.
I would like to take this first entry and say THANK YOU!! Those who have been reading the blog, you have helped Cortney so much through this trial. He is so anxious each day to see who has left comments and viewed the site. What great support you have been for him. Also, thank you for all your prayers on behalf of our family. They have gotten us through some really horrible days. God Bless each of you.
BTW, I am finally feeling the recovery process kicking in! I continue to be very fatiqued but I am pushing daily to get back to myself. I am looking forward to being a wife, mother and friend again very soon!
THANK YOU! We will talk soon!
I would like to take this first entry and say THANK YOU!! Those who have been reading the blog, you have helped Cortney so much through this trial. He is so anxious each day to see who has left comments and viewed the site. What great support you have been for him. Also, thank you for all your prayers on behalf of our family. They have gotten us through some really horrible days. God Bless each of you.
BTW, I am finally feeling the recovery process kicking in! I continue to be very fatiqued but I am pushing daily to get back to myself. I am looking forward to being a wife, mother and friend again very soon!
THANK YOU! We will talk soon!
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