It has been just about 9 weeks since Alyson was rushed to the hospital, and it is just about 8 weeks ago that they did the surgery to close off the anurisym. The progress she has made since getting out of the hospital has been nothing but amazing.
She still has a little stiffness in her neck, her back has a very slight pain, and she does not have quite the strength she had before the illness, but she is working on all of that. She has been going to a physical therapist twice a week for the past 3 weeks. They have been really working her over, and she does exercises between visits to help her body get better. At this point her aches and pains are not stopping her from doing much. She knows her limits right now, but she does not let it stop her.
She is back to working with the kids at the YMCA before school activities. She gets up early each morning to go to work.
She is taking two classes at college.
She walks the dog around the block regularly now. And she is back to driving her car to and from work.
Her hair is slowly growing out. She wears a wig sometimes when she goes out, but she is just as comfortable without it. Just the other day at the grocery store, when she was wearing her wig, the cashier was commenting on her hair, and asked if she had just had it done, as it looked so good. Alyson said yes, and walked out laughing. She should have lifted the wig, and showed the lady what was underneath.
Alyson has started to read this blog, and of course most of what happened she does not remember, and she is finding it both entertaining and educational to read all that happened each day she was in the hospital. It is great to hear her laugh at all that she has been through.
It looks like Alyson is well on her way to a full and complete recovery. On behalf of our entire family, we want to thank you for your support, concern, prayers, cards, gifts, visits, flowers, and e-mails. They have all meant so much to all of us. We are glad you were with us in spirit as we went down this road.
Sincerely,
Don, Pauline, Alyson, Manny, Andrea.
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