It's been a really tough week, knowing and not knowing what we are dealing with concerning Brad's health. He has been understandably super emotional this week and extremely fatigued. Much of his week has been spent sleeping. The doctor said that he would have some adjustment time to the anti-seizure medication- the side effects include drowsiness, dizziness, headaches, confusion...., all of which he's had. On Monday, he went home from the hospital, and in a flash, it was Halloween. We all (Brad and I, Amie and Curt, Carrie and Spencer and Meredith and all seven grand kids) went trick or treating. It was a beautiful evening, the weather nice enough that I wore flip-flops! We enjoyed it so much and Gramma loved handing out treats while sitting on the seat of her walker. Of course, afterwards, we had the usual trading/counting/eating of the candy.
Sometime during the week, Carrie was able to get an appointment for Brad at University Hospital with a neurosurgeon, Dr. Allen Waziri. I thought scoring an appointment for just a week away was somewhat of a miracle! We are all anxious to see what his thoughts are.
Mid week, we were surprised by a visit from Doug, along with his Sponsor (Kelly). He came to our house to get some warm clothes. I've not seen him since December, and the visit went a lot more smoothly than I imagined. He is currently living in a group home near CSU in Ft Collins.
Friday night we went to dinner with our good friends, Fred and Beth McGregor. Had a great time and it was nice to get away from home! Friday also brought a plane from California, carrying Sarah, Travis and their kids. We gathered at Carrie's Saturday morning to start our hair appointments. Brad and I both got cuts and I got mine colored. We so appreciate them coming to visit, to say nothing of all the haircuts/colors that she does. Corbin wanted his cut just like Elijah's! What a cute kid!
Sunday supper arrives via my boss, who had asked if he could bring us dinner. We are so grateful for the many friends and family who have offered their help. We had a huge amount of food, seemingly way too much, but we polished that off in a short time. Dinner included an assortment of pasta dishes, salad, bread, soup and two pies! It was a wild evening with all 19 of us there. The two babies played with one another, as well as bathed together. They are so darling!
Meanwhile, Emma organized a "Spa Day" for the girls, with cucumber/avocado masks.
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