Amy Is OUT of the hospital!

Amy Jo is OUT!!  In fact, it happened yesterday.  Unbelievable that one can have their head cut open, have Dr. Surgeon dig around in ones brain for 7 hours, have their head put back together, then WALK out of the hospital two days after surgery.  And truthfully, she seems to have been ready (as opposed to the insurance company kicking her out).

BUT...guess what wasn't ready for her???  Her house.  I received the call about 11:00 am yesterday that she was getting ready to leave the hospital.  We'd planned to have her house ready by the weekend and panic set in as we looked at the incredible amounts of dust, equipment and general mayhem in the house created by the installation of a shower in her upstairs bathroom.  Aaron and Jason came down to Lawrence and we spent the entire day cleaning, washing the bedding and "de-germing" the house while my brother Danny (a saint very close to God right now in my eyes) and his friends worked until 2:00 am last night getting her bathroom finished.  What was an inconceivable mess at 11:00 am became a beautiful new bathroom with a strong handle bar (for balance) in the shower.  The fun part came at about 1:00 am when we hung the shower curtain, new towels and decor in her bathroom.   It's FABULOUS!!

While all this was occuring, Amy's internet cable broke, so I couldn't post any updates!!  So sorry for the frustration!  My brother is fixing it now.  Gotta love my brother.  Doing all this for Amy Jo just because she has touched his life.  He won't take a dime for it, either.  Now that's a good man.

Anyway, we sent Amy to Aarons house to stay.  From what I hear the Carlson family got together over there for dinner and games and she has been "cleared" to go home today.  She says that she actually feels BETTER now...3 days post op, than she has for the past nine months!  Tumzilla was slowly wearing her down without her knowledge, and now that he has been discovered and destroyed she's on the mend.

The really GOOD news is that her tumor was downgraded from a Stage 2 to a Stage 1 completely benign tumor.  No chemo.  No chemo.  NO CHEMO!!  Her hair looks ridiculous (her words) just bangs and a little hair in the back and her eyes and face are very swollen.  She is beginning to fight us on the pictures, but we're going to win that one and post a few later on.  She also says that she can feel her brain moving around in her head as it adjusts to the new found space and fills with fluid.  She indicates that it's not painful, just "weird."  It's normal, though.

I'll post another update tonight.  Now I need to earn my salary for a few hours...