It has been a long month since my last post, two hospitalizations, lots of doctors visits, scan, bloods work, and other tests later I still don't have many answers. I do know that they no longer think I have heart disease but because my pulse rate is still high I am on medicine, while the doctor who did my brain surgery say I am "healed" a large handful of doctors including a neurologist from Chicago that has now taken on my case things a lot if this can all be surgery related.
However, things have gotten better in many areas. While I will most likely always have my stutter, therapy has gotten it to a point to where it is hardly noticeable, and when I am having trouble I now know how to handle it. My walking and gate is much better and is still improving on its own without therapy, and although I am still really struggling with nausea and somethings vomiting the neurologist finally found a medication and dosage that works well. Ability to pay attention is getting better, as well as memory. I still get "brain" overload but not as much as before, and now I can recognize when it is coming and do things like take a nap to help myself. Sean and Jeanly continue to be awesome people in my life and I also reconnected with some family and spent Easter with them. I really enjoyed reconnecting with everyone and look forward to more time with them.
In other news I am funding my way to a service dog.
The program I am doing in Illinois works with you closely and helps you train the dog. Talk about an awesome bond. Awesome but expensive hence the fundraising. I have chosen an Australian Shepard and if you have any fund raising ideas let me know. It will make post everything that has happened in the last few year a lot easier.
My godson Elijah also turned two earlier last week. I know people say it all the time put really where does time go? I feel like just yesterday I was holding him for the first time in the hospital. I love the fact that he is my godson. He has an extreme love of Totoro, he only ever wants to eat cookies, he can be both extremely funny, yet stubborn, and the fact that he gets pay back on his older brother by jumping on him in the middle of the night waking him up cracks me up. Sorry Isaac but it does. That little boy was meant to be my godson in so many way.
He is one cool little dude.
