The cost of a brain surgeon: $10,000 The cost of the brain surgery: $50,000 Getting to see the look on Josh’s face as Zoe rubs his head just 1-1/2 weeks after brain surgery….priceless!
Category Archives: Life in general
Kobies birthday
Kobie turned 5 on Thursday. We thoroughly enjoyed the day..all 3 of us. Kobie went to school, after school we took him to Chic-Fil-A for dinner and to play in the playplace. When we left there we were going to the Salem Civic Center for Sesame Street which we had not told him about yet! …
This holiday season
This holiday season when you’re trying to think of what to get that hard to buy for person, perhaps consider getting them a nice Livestrong shirt, or some type of Livestrong gear. You can get something as small as a Livestrong bracelet for $1. You can get some really nice clothes and other gear from …
When life hands you lemons, make lemonade
While I was at work this past weekend I came across a contest on WSLS Channel 10′s website for a contest for Sesame Street tickets. We took Kobie last year for his birthday and he LOVED it but this year we couldn’t swing it financially. To enter someone in the contest you had a fill …
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Dr. Harron
Josh had an appointment with Dr. Harron on Monday. Everything looks good. The sutures are gone..well all but 2 are, she missed two. Dr. Harron strongly suggests that Josh get whole brain radiation to kill any micrometastases. Micrometastases are metastases that are too small to be seen. Dr. Harrons only concern is the brain can …
Happy Thanksgiving
Hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving at our house was not like any other we have had before. We really had lots of things to be thankful for as I am sure you all do too…sometimes we just don’t realize everything we have to be thankful for! Josh has been feeling better since being released …
Home
Josh got discharged tonight around 8ish. We are home so hopefully we can both rest better tonight. Tomorrow we have a few errands to run to get some loose ends tied up before the holidays. On one hand its been such a long week but on the other I can’t believe that this is all …
Out of the ICU
Josh got to move out of the ICU today and into the PCU. He is doing well. The doctor is letting him eat and drink again. Tomorrow the doctor has ordered “activities” which I’m sure is walking the halls since he hasn’t been able to get out of bed yet. He is doing really well. …
Another surgery down
We got to RMH around 6:15 and got checked in. About 6:30 they took Josh back to pre-op and around 7:15 they called me back because he didn’t remember his medical history since May. I’m honestly not sure if he didn’t remember or didn’t care to keep repeating the information over and over again. About …
Another update
With cancer anytime you get good news and are smiling proudly something comes along and kicks you where it hurts and puts you back at square one. Josh starting being uncoordinated, lightheaded, and dizzy on Monday. We chalked it up to him being tired. On Tuesday he still had the same symptoms so I called …