I went to REO's yesterday and spent a few hours with her. It was GOOD to be with a FRIEND! I really needed her and as always, she was waiting for me..
If she did not know how I felt about her, she definately did by the time I went home.
She is the BEST!!!!
I just wanted to update you. I know that I won't get much sleep tonight.. We are leaving for OKC tomorrow am, to have the first 2 procedures of many more to come. An Angiogram and a Venogram. Dr said it will be an all day procedure. Approx. Two hours to do the procedures, and then 6-8 hours recovery. I have to sign a release saying there is a good chance that I could bleed to death to have this done. If all goes well I will come home tomorrow night, if I have complications I will be there for a few days. They have found that this vein is definitely attached to the aorta from my heart. He is a Gamma Knife specialist and he is hoping that he can remove the fistula from the aorta, (this is where the bleeding comes in) although he can not removed the fistula itself. We are leaving here at 630am to get there by 830am. They will do more tests and what not, then the procedures should start at 1100am. He said that I will be in a twilight state, that they can not put me out because I will need to be able to "talk" to them and answer questions. I am not to happy to be awake for this..
.. So as soon as we are able to, my mom is going to email Robin tomorrow afternoon and let her know how things went. We have faith in what is ahead for us. I am just a nervous wreck. I wish it was over. We took my son out to dinner with us tonight, when we dropped him off at his place he hugged and kissed me and did not want to let me go and I did not want to let him go either! He told me he loved his Momma Bear, (he has always thought that I have fought fiercly for him, and he nick-named me that when he was 5 yo and in return thru the 34 years of his life he got the name Baby Bear and now he has "Cubs" of his own), but that is a whole nother story! Thanks for all you support and prayers...Fingers Crossed!!!!!!! Art and Theresa
I just wanted to update you. I know that I won't get much sleep tonight.. We are leaving for OKC tomorrow am, to have the first 2 procedures of many more to come. An Angiogram and a Venogram. Dr said it will be an all day procedure. Approx. Two hours to do the procedures, and then 6-8 hours recovery. I have to sign a release saying there is a good chance that I could bleed to death to have this done. If all goes well I will come home tomorrow night, if I have complications I will be there for a few days. They have found that this vein is definitely attached to the aorta from my heart. He is a Gamma Knife specialist and he is hoping that he can remove the fistula from the aorta, (this is where the bleeding comes in) although he can not removed the fistula itself. We are leaving here at 630am to get there by 830am. They will do more tests and what not, then the procedures should start at 1100am. He said that I will be in a twilight state, that they can not put me out because I will need to be able to "talk" to them and answer questions. I am not to happy to be awake for this..
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