Long Road....

Well, yesterday I went to get my stitches out and it pretty much took all the energy I had yesterday as well as today. I can not believe how tired and fatigued I am all the time. Everytime I think I can do something I start feeling nauseated, dizzy or I get a headache. I can see I'm going to be given another trial and that is realizing my limitations. Since I usually am an energizer bunny the fact that I hardly have energy to get out of bed is really hard.....hopefully in a few days I'll have better news...=(

Catching Up....

Just catching up on some photos from while I've been on bedrest...here is Kyler enjoying my pre-surgery dots...luckily they were much less painful than the pins I had to have on (in) my head for my radiation brain surgery!!

Kyler is so proud that he learned how to ride his big boy bike!! His legs are long enough to reach the pedals now and he wants to ride his bike all the time! Too bad the snow and rain will be here before too long!!

Cameron's New Friend..

Cameron is always finding bugs and animal friends in our yard....

First Snow!!

A day or two before surgery Kyler and I caught this view of SNOW coming down in our yard for a few minutes. Since I'm a California girl I had to grab my camera and take a quick photo of the phenomenon. I'm sure in a few more months this will be old news, but for now it's all very exciting!

Soccer Player!

In all the madness of our life I haven't taken any photos of Dallyn playing soccer this fall! Scott stepped in at the game this week and got some photos of Dallyn in action..here are just a few of our adorable athlete!!

A view of the Staples....

So I know these are just lovely photos but for those of you that wonder what 20 staples look like on someone that has just had a Crainiotomy, here you go!! I washed my hair several times after surgery before taking these photos so they don't look as scary as they did! I think I'm just getting into the Halloween spirit a little early this year.

The staples run about 5 1/2 inches along the back of my head. They feel really bumpy and weird, so we'll have to see how my head feels once they are removed tomorrow. Scott said that my head looks so, so much better than it did a week ago, so he feels like my incision has improved a lot,which is good.

Hello From Heidi

Hello everyone! I'm back up online finally...and trying to get connected into real life again. I'm one week post surgery and I'm getting my strength back little by little. It is a slower process than I expected...not sure what I was really expected after brain surgery, but its been slower this week than I was hoping for.

I can't complain though, at least things went smoothly and I'm recovering and mentally and visually intact..I'm so grateful for those blessings. This weekend we'll take some gruelling photos of my amazing stitches as they are coming out Monday and I'm sure I'll want to have photos to look back on someday. It feels very strange having such a bumpy head!

Thanks so much for all the support and love from everyone, I am so grateful for your friendship! A huge thank you to my sister Amy for all her work on keeping everyone updated while I was down! Love you Amy!

I'll update with photos this weekend!
Hugs,
Heidi

Update

Heidi talked to her doctor, and as he thought, there were live cancer cells in the tumor they removed. There is a team of doctors meeting together about Heidi's tumor, and they would like to meet with Heidi and Scott to determine what treatment she will have. The doctor suggested more radiation, but no decisions will be made until Heidi and Scott meet with the team of doctors. As far recovery from surgery, Heidi is still very tired and in pain, but most of all grateful for how well things have gone.