Monday, January 28

Today is my first post since the surgery, and I can't tell you how lucky I feel. I took a little walk today, had my first shower and I completed a fairly positive hearing test. I have quite a bit of fluid on both ear drums so it's hard for me to believe I'm hearing as well as I am. But the tests are very promising and the doctors feel once the fluid on my ear drums clears up (fluid is pretty normal) my hearing should be what it was prior to the surgery. I've been told for a tumor of my size that my hearing is really good and the surgeons say, "I'm very lucky."


Everyone here has been so kind to me. I was pretty nervous after having said goodbye to Jeff and was waiting to go into the surgery and the nurses were a great comfort.

Also, a huge thanks to all of you for your prayers and kindness. Some of you I've never even met and you've been so supportive! It's really not possible to go through something like this and come out unchanged.

I still have a long ways to go, but I hope to go home on Tuesday or Wednesday. I'm still pretty unstable with walking and getting up, my head is filled with a lot of fluid and I have some bruising around my eye. I think about these things and have to gently remind myself that someone was digging around in my brain for six hours, and I'll need time to heal.