As most of my A N family members know , I had a 17 1/2 hr surgery to remove 8 cm tumor and I was in I.C.U. for 6 days ,3 of those were in a induced coma,with a hospital stay of 15 days. From there I was transferred to a in patient re-hab, for close to a month,I had in-home re-hab for 2 or 3 weeks ,sorry i dont remember exactly. All of this started on april 1 2007. I was then scheduled for the 7-12 nerve jump [to get facial movement back], this surgery was supposed to be 2 hrs ,turned into 8. i have been going to out patient since june,i had a lot of things to work on, i have went from wheelchair to walker to cane,to nothing. After25 1/2 hrs of surgery in a 4 month period I noticed my hair was falling out.[that has stopped].
I still have facial paralysis , some balance issues, deaf in left ear ,left eye that will not blink, eating is a mess ,and a few other issues.
Well today was my last day of therapy and I thought that day would never come.I'm still stiff legged and walking like OZZY,but I
get to where I'm going ,now I just have to do the exercises on my own. I still have a very long road ahead ,but at least I have
reached some sort of sign.
