Today has been boring as hoped. Daddy and I came in around 11:00 (after the roads had cleared up a bit) and Grammie and Grandpa were already here.
Elizabeth has done night duty the past 3 nights - what a trooper! She was really tired today and feeling overwhelmed by everything she is missing at work, so she left before lunch time and headed home to get some good sleep. She slept most of the afternoon, and says she is feeling a lot better now.
All of us headed down to the cafe for lunch, while mom took a nap and waited for her lunch. We ran into Whitney from church, and it was nice to chat with her while we ate.
During the day we had a few visitors, including the Smiths, which was a lovely surprise. Joan and Dan also stopped by, and it was good to see each of them again. Grandma Lucy was here for the afternoon. It was a good set up because the grandparents could visit with Mommy when she was awake, and then with each other when she got sleepy and needed to rest.
This afternoon, daddy went to work for a bit to catch up on things. He, Elizabeth, Grammie and Grandpa are eating dinner in Jericho and then Daddy and Elizabeth will probably come here for a bit this evening.
We've been noticing that sometimes mom is not completely sharp all the time.... earlier, it was tough for her to read anything lengthy, write a text, or do other things that take more concentration. Right now, she is reading the paper and reminding me of details about the biopsy tomorrow. We think the difference may be that it has been a while since her last seizure med, so it may be that those meds that are making her a bit dopey.
Mom is positive as always, and isn't too worried. As she keeps saying, there is no reason to "borrow trouble".... until we get results from the biopsy tomorrow we won't know anything, and there is no reason to spend energy imagining worst case scenarios.
Today we got more information about what that biopsy will look like. She will go into pre-op around 9:00 am. The will get her head stabilized in a brace and then take another CT scan. This will allow them to know exactly where they need to do the biopsy. She probably won't be actually going into surgery for the biopsy until around noon. Keeping her head in that same stable position, they will then make about a dime-sized hole and then do a biopsy with a small needle. They will take a VERY small amount of tissue, but that is all they need to run the tests to determine what the lesion might be. They will plug up the hole with a titanium plug. She will be kept overnight until Friday, and possibly for 2 days to make sure there are no complications from the biopsy.
It may take almost a week for biopsy results to come back, but they are hoping that they can send her home while we wait for those results.
- Sarah
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