Ella is officially coming home! It’s about a month sooner than we were planning, but her treatment center announced it is closing its doors and we were instructed to pick our kids up by February 14. Quite the shocker! It’s very sad. They have helped so many adoptive families. There are some legal issues they…

Today marks one year since my surgery! AN is in caps because it stands for Acoustic Neuroma. It’s been an interesting year – full of ups and downs … leaks, MRIs, headaches, blood patches for my spine, learning to live with single sided deafness, learning to live life without being able to smile. That last…

We hit a milestone over the weekend with Ella coming home for a visit! She’s been away for a year now. It went really well! We had a few minor bumps – which we like now that we are all more skilled to work through them. I brought her back to NC on Monday and…

I stumbled across a TedTalk given by this local Neurologist tonight. She’s all about headaches! The not so great news is that I’m not really feeling relief from the blood patch. It was a wild procedure involving me going in and out of a ct scanner as they inserted a needle into the leak spot…

First they told me I couldn’t get in with the CSF leak specialists until October, but I just got a call today that there’s an opening on Wednesday!! ✨🎉 I’m so thrilled! It is going to interfere with our NC parents weekend visit because I have to lie flat for 72 hours after. Kyl will…

I’m loving all of these medical terms that I am learning … I had my MRI last week and they found some spots where I am leaking – yet again! WTH! It could be from where the lumbar drain was placed. Megan said it best – “so the needle to drain the leak caused another…

This feels like a milestone moment. My eyelid weight came out yesterday. 🎉 I had it in for 8 months. It was actually a lot bigger and heavier than I was expecting. I was super nervous for the procedure because I was awake for it. It involved a numbing shot into my eyelid and then…

I have been doing more traveling – this time to Las Vegas with my mom and sister. Normally, I love Vegas! It was interesting going there post surgery. It was really overwhelming. I know that’s true for many people, but I was never affected by all of the commotion, lights and noise. I’m much more…

Hi family and friends! I know I haven’t posted in a few months (thanks for the nudge, Andrea H). I have been busy getting back into life, turning 50 and traveling to Jamaica, North Carolina and Taos, NM. Jamaica was amazing and it was so nice to reconnect with our college friends. I was so…