Things are looking up!

Thank you everyone for you prayers and thoughts. My step-mom is really doing better. It turns out she had AVM. That stands for Arterial Venus Malfunction. Apparently it develops in the brain as a fetus. It wasn't a matter of if, but a matter of when. The mass ruptured and that is when the two clots formed. The surgery went well. She is staying at the local hospital and not the one that is 30 min away (which was a possibility). It is a five min drive from the house.

My dad is doing ok. I think the having me here has helped. And the support they have had from the school and community is outstanding. They live in a small town in Colorado... Well not so small anymore. But they have worked in the school district for almost 30 years and my dad has been at the same school for nearly that long. My step-mom has moved to other schools, but for this year came back as the drama teacher at his school. They met each other at this same school as teachers 26 years ago and have been married for almost 25 years next month.

In surgery they removed part of her occipital lope and part of her periatal lobe. The first controls vision. Now all that I am telling you is from what I have been told and some reading. So forgive me if I am wrong. They first told us she would be paralyzed on her left side, and no vision in her left eye. But she can see from her left eye , but no peripheral vision. She is moving the left arm a little and the left leg a little. They tell us they will always be weak. But they are working to retrain the brain. So amazing what the brain will do. It is a wait and see kind of thing. They have had her sitting up. This has not affected her speech or her face. She still has the same sense of humor. Still cracking sarcastic jokes. I think they are a bit more sarcastic. They did say some of her personality traits would intensify.

She gets to go to a regular room today, hopefully. So keep your fingers crossed!