Recovery Day One...

AMAZING!!!  Amy Jo is doing so well it's hard to believe that 24 hours ago Dr. Surgeon was knee deep in Tumzilla and probably starving about now.

Amy is talking, laughing, joking and winning over her entire health care team with her humble personality and cheerful laugh.  She is very tired, but she's been up walking (running a lap per Amy), sat in a chair for an hour, told us a few funny stories about her memories of yesterday, and passed all her cognition tests except one.  She DID remember her name, age and why she was here at the Medical Center.  But when Dr. Surgeon asked her to name the numerical equivalent of carbon on the periodic table of elements she retorted that is was a mean question.  They shared a laugh over that one and it was then we knew for sure that OUR Amy was still OUR Amy, only better.

She is now resting peacefully in intensive care, taking a much needed nap after a restless night.  I am in awe right now as I watch her sleep and realize that without the advanced health care, diagnostic tools, skilled doctors and nurses Amy may not have survived.  In fact, Heather brought up the fact yesterday, that if the two of them lived in some of the third world countries they have visited recently, they would probably both just get sicker and sicker then die in a few years.  So... flawed though our health care system may be in the U.S., today, I am grateful, Amy is grateful, and her friends and family members are grateful that medical science prevailed.

Amy sends her love and thanks for all the kind words and support.  Keep her in your thoughts.  Stay tuned...