Post-Surgery #2 Update (Posted 2/11/2017)

Well it has been over a month since I have given an update on my health! First off, I was not prepared for the aftermath of my rhizotomy procedure. I was in so much pain, and I was unable to take any anti-inflammatories afterwards for two full weeks. Well, two weeks later I was going under for my second decompression...so it was interesting to say the least.

It is now just about three weeks post-op, and I'm doing much better than expected. This recovery is slightly different than the last for me. I'm dealing with nausea/vomiting rather then pain. I'm already down to one oxy pill every four hours when last time around I was still on three. My fatigue is insane (mainly due to meds), so I find myself asleep more than awake. I have not been out of the house or my bed much, just due to the fact that it takes a lot out of me. I'm trying my hardest to keep my spirits up, but it has been more difficult this time around, most likely due to the fact that Cornish is in session and I feel gross.

Any who... This was a quick update as I don't have much energy to write out more detail. Thank you for all of the continued thoughts, prayers, hugs, and visits. They mean more to me than you know!

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5 Years

March 28th, 2016. That was the day my life forever changed. Here we are now, March 28th, 2021, five years later, and my life is no where where I expected or thought it would be that day when I was 19 years old sitting at Swedish Neuroscience Institute at Cherry Hill in Seattle, still a dance major at Cornish College of the Arts. I don't like thinking about that day in detail, in fact when I do, I feel like I become a different person. The past few weeks leading up to today felt very different than in years past. On March 17th, I was lucky enough to be able to get my second dose of the COVID vaccine and I feel SO relieved which brought a lot of emotions up for me. My anxiety has eased up a small bit and a weight has come off my shoulders. It's been a year since this pandemic hit, and I've never been more aware of my health then ever before. Yesterday, my dancers had their first competition in almost 2 YEARS. COVID took away all of our competitions we were scheduled for l

Day 4 Post-Op (Posted 5/13/2016)

Well, I had my surgery! Check in time for it was at 6am, so I was up bright and early along with my whole family. My anxiety level was through the roof as expected. The first nurse then called me in and took me back to registration and I had my mom come with me. At that point I had changed into my gown and was on the hospital bed with an IV line in me. It was all happening so quickly and I was so scared that I started crying. Oh and of course I am the youngest patient in there... But my nurse Jenn at that time was super nice and helped me out and so did my mom. Then I had to say goodbye to my family and go down into pre-op and OR. I started crying again during pre-op cause there were so many weird noises, oxygen tanks, needles, and bright bright BRIGHT big lights. My anxiety was even higher. So after I met my anesthesiologist, I was given a calming medication (aka "happy juice") and right after they inserted that into my IV. After that moment, I blacked out and don't reme

My Blog Absence (Posted 9/30/2016)

A big hello to all of my followers and a big thank you for being so patient... This is probably the longest I've waited to give an update, but I have had one hell of a month. Side note: One of the best things that have happened this month was the article from South Sound Talk on me. I have the link below :) it follows my story: my diagnosis and how I doing now. So check it out! http://www.southsoundtalk.com/2016/09/08/dancers-focus-remains-on-pointe-through-brain-surgery/ Alrighty, time to get to the real stuff.. Earlier this month or even this week (Chiari brain fog guys am I right?) Any who.. We were talking and we talked about how we hear all of these success stories, but they never or barely touch on the hard times, because people want to hear about the good with success stories. Totally understandable. However I feel like that's why I failed and failed over and over again to post anything, because it truly didn't feel like any good was happening in my day-to-day life.

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