Merry Christmas, everyone!
As you most likely saw on social media today, Amie is doing well. Her procedure ended last night and she was admitted to the ICU around 9PM Christmas Eve.
I arrived at the hospital just before 9AM this morning and stayed with her for awhile. We had some good laughs, caught up on the latest happenings around our house with our fur babies, and tied up some conversations that might have been lost pre-surgery.
Amie’s doctor came in just after 12PM to catch up and give us a more thorough report of her condition—that being stable. He did show us the BEFORE (left) and AFTER (right) of Amie’s CT for her brain.
We asked about the pathology report for the tumor. Dr. Litvack, M.D. said that no one was staffed the night of the surgery, but they expect to have a report sooner than later. Their tumor board meetings occur on Mondays, but he was confident that the one in Amie was benign.
Amie was transferred out of the ICU earlier this evening. Based on her progress, Dr. Litvack, M.D. did say that she could be back home as early as this coming Friday. (Fingers crossed) She does have to focus heavily on OT and PT to make sure she can accomplish the most basic of tasks at home though.
As of now, Amie has a long road to recovery. We were informed that she will continue to have multiple MRIs scheduled over 2020, and we will be working closely with Dr. Litvack for years to come.
To end, I want to take this moment to thank Amie’s father, Bill, for calling her out for some of the motions she was having difficulty with on Sunday and he told her CALL YOUR DOCTOR. So, thank you, Bill, for going there and having your paternal instinct kick in!
Thanks, everyone.
Tim