October 16, 2009
It is so difficult to believe that it is six months ago today that Tyler received his long-awaited Deep Brain Stimulation surgery. Like stepping into a swift current, we came home from New York to life flowing along at the usual speed. There was no sitting on the bank of the river to [...]
June 28, 2009
Ty is two appointments into the programming of his DBS device and things are going well. This is very new territory for us, so we have been reluctant to post things in case they didn’t last, but now I feel I can definitely say that Tyler is doing better.
The neurosurgeon who has [...]
There isn’t a lot of news at this point and Tyler’s days remain much the same as always. That is because the programming of his stimulator unit has not yet begun. It is hard as always to wait; however, Tyler and Kassie do have an appointment to begin the programming next Monday, May 11th. There could be immediate [...]
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Finally home again! Ty and Kassie got home late Friday night, and Steve and I last night. We are slowly and quietly re-entering the home atmosphere which requires some solitude and unpacking and vacuuming!
Tyler’s stimulator unit was turned on at Dr. deLotbiniere’s office in White Plains on Friday morning April 24th. Inside [...]
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Steve and I entered the hospital this morning to be here when Dr. deLotbiniere makes his discharge visit, and there was Tyler and Kassie on the front page of the local paper! Very nice article with pics of them and interviews with the surgeon as well as our dear Dr. Kemple back in Missoula.
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Hope this finds you well and hard at work on Monday!
We had a very busy weekend after bringing Tyler back to our lodgings from his surgery. Our friend, Pat, from Maine was here for Friday-Sunday, and also in a coincidence old friends from Southern California were travelling with their family out here in [...]
We got to see Ty for a few minutes in ICU recovery. He was very dopey, of course, but smiling and saying how happy he was. The ICU team was wonderful and keeping him pain free and looking after every detail of his well being. John #2 (found us the house to stay in) and [...]
Read full post...Thursday, April 16th-noon: At about 10:45 Kassie got a call from surgery saying Ty was back from his MRI and they were beginning surgery. Then at about 11:30 Lisa from Public Affairs came to find us. She said the surgeon, Dr. deLotbiniere, had offered to do some videoing for us if we would send our [...]
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It is really happening!
We arrived at 6:00, sleepy because nobody got more than 3 hours, but braced for a long day. Before we left the car we took a moment to pray together. We are God’s, Ty is God’s and God is Good.
After a few moments [...]
Easter weekend, 2009: Today is Good Friday. Good for us, bad for the devil. Can’t help but think of Mel Gibson’s movie depicting what Christ suffered to buy us eternal life.
We moved to our new lodgings today, so first we stopped at the Kingsley Market and Deli to have a bite of breakfast. We took [...]
