Postby Ramblinrose » Thu Feb 01, 2018 2:22 pm
Morning y'all....
Today is desk day for me and it certainly needs it. However I am trying to stay busy this morning as I am waiting to become an "Honorary Grandmom"
My "second son", my son's best friend is waiting for his new baby Pierson to be born. I am super excited for him as this is his first child. Rusty has always regarded me as his second mother as i've shared raising him since he was 12. First he was one of my students and I eventually discovered he and my son were pals from the skating rink. He spent most of his weekends at my house during his hs years and refers to me as "his second mom'. I attended his wedding last year in Vegas, where my son was his best man, and then when my son was married, Rusty was his best man.
I am very lucky as Rusty's wife is as fond of me as Rustry is and both requested I be given this title...So now like his other family members I am waiting in the virtual waiting room waiting for Pierson to make his earthly appearance.
And although this might be better in J&C, I wanted to share a most amazing miracle that has just occurred to one of my best friend's granddaughter. She is a cute little 7 year old that has been suffering from a brain tumor for several years. First the drs thought it was benign, however she was experiencing horrendous migraine and seizures. The well renowned hospital here in our area, did all they could and finally sent her home to die. The parents learned of a children's hospital in Philadelphia who speciality was this type of tumor and accept her into their program. Most people here thought it was a worthless cause, but the parents decided to risk it anyway.
This young girl was put on everyone's prayer list, and yesterday the young girl had her surgery. The MRI showed the tumor was the size of a large orange and was found in the back middle part of her brain. When I saw what the dr's were going to remove, it took my breath away. The operation lasted several hours. Then without closing her back up they did another MRI, which showed they had not removed the complete tumor. and she went back in for another two hours and the process was repeated. The second MRI showed they had removed all of the tumor.
The drs warned everyone that the girl might be paralyzed on her left side, but this morning when she woke up she was able to move both her left arm and leg. She also recognized everyone and even faced timed with her sibling back here at home. She was expected to remain in ICU for three days, but she is recovering so well, that she may be moved to a private room later today.
Her grandmother is my best friend and we have been living this saga for a long time, and though I couldn't do much for the family, I spent my energy concentration on my friend as we journeyed thought this...and I will have to share the odds were so stacked up against this girl even my friend who has the strongest faith of anyone I know thought that the parents were making a mistake by putting their daughter through this. Needless to say my friend is over the moon at this moment and no one doubts that this wasn't a miracle to behold.
Nothing like starting your day on a most positive note...
Live Boldly, Take Risks, No Regrets...Jilliam Michaels