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Lilan

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Re: My Beach Vacation
« Reply #30 on: May 07, 2009, 03:15:33 pm »
Alicia, I am going through the same ups and downs. I think we'd be crazy NOT to worry a little and have our downs -- totally natural to resist a stranger entering your skull after all.  :o

We just have to ride through those feelings, I think, and get 'er done.

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« Reply #31 on: May 12, 2009, 08:41:08 pm »
So after 6 days of feeling sorry for myself I have snapped out of it and feel much better today.  Leaving day after tomorrow for LA and hoping and praying all this works out.  California - here I come! 8)
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« Reply #32 on: May 12, 2009, 08:42:18 pm »
Good luck, Alicia  ;D

Lots of us are praying right along with you.  Everything will work out fine. 

Keep the faith,

Jan
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Re: My Beach Vacation
« Reply #33 on: May 12, 2009, 09:32:42 pm »
Quote from: alicia on May 12, 2009, 08:41:08 pm
So after 6 days of feeling sorry for myself I have snapped out of it and feel much better today.  Leaving day after tomorrow for LA and hoping and praying all this works out.  California - here I come! 8)

Alicia,
I am glad you "snapped out of it" and feel better today.  You are going to a world class AN facility and being operated on by some of the best.

I look forward to hearing from you as a "postie". 

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« Reply #34 on: May 12, 2009, 09:43:41 pm »
Alicia,
 
The waiting is the second hardest part (the first being the decision of how to deal with the tumor).  Now you have entered the acceptance and "just get this thing out of me" stage, congratulations!  Even the morning of my surgery, I was upbeat and not a bit nervous! (Don't ask my wife though, she'll say I was  ;) ).
 
You know we'll all be praying for you!  I am looking forward to "seeing" you on the other side!
 
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Re: My Beach Vacation
« Reply #35 on: May 12, 2009, 09:44:04 pm »
your surgery is coming up!!  good luck and you are in great hands at HEI, keep us posted and we are all keeping you in our thoughts.
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Re: My Beach Vacation
« Reply #36 on: May 12, 2009, 11:23:33 pm »
Best wishes for a great trip and a great surgery, Alicia. I was going to call you a fraidy cat, but I guess you are over that now. Lilan is right, it is normal to be a little nervous; brain surgery is not something you do every day. It will work out fine, and one day you may even get a new hat in the mail. :)

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Re: My Beach Vacation
« Reply #37 on: May 13, 2009, 06:43:51 am »
Alicia, wishing you great times in L.A. pre-surgery, then some nice "rest and pampering" afterward! I have a good feeling about all this. You need to get that thing outta there and move on!

And the date you'll be back home in your own bed, with all this behind you and some cool vacation pictures, is ever nearer, too!  :)
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« Reply #38 on: May 13, 2009, 07:43:48 am »
Quote from: sgerrard on May 12, 2009, 11:23:33 pm
It will work out fine, and one day you may even get a new hat in the mail. :)

Steve


I would be honored Steve!   ;)
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Re: My Beach Vacation
« Reply #39 on: May 14, 2009, 08:53:17 am »
Hi Alicia,
I hope you and your family are having a great time in California. I'll be praying for you on surgery day.

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Lilan

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Re: My Beach Vacation
« Reply #40 on: May 18, 2009, 07:13:17 pm »
Alicia, in 24 hours you'll be a postie!! Will be praying and sending good thoughts your way from this moment on!
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Re: My Beach Vacation
« Reply #41 on: May 18, 2009, 08:19:42 pm »
Quote from: alicia on April 29, 2009, 09:12:06 pm
I am now officially more official with my date.  I was May 14 in Nebraska, but now I am May 19 at House! 

Right about now you are probably finishing the "blood clotting" test! You've been through all the pre-op battery of tests.

All the best tomorrow, and I look forward to hearing from you as a postie.

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Re: My Beach Vacation
« Reply #42 on: May 19, 2009, 01:32:08 am »
Hi All,

David, Lainie, and I had the pleasure of meeting Alicia and her family today (Monday - I'm posting late!). She seemed very relaxed, well-informed, and ready to be a postie.  :)

Here are some pics from today:


Lainie, Alicia, & David, 5-18-09


Alicia, David, & Nancy, 5-18-09


Alicia & family, 5-18-09

Lilan, who'll be following Alicia to House next month, will be providing us with updates from Alicia's husband Todd. (Thanks, Lilan!)

Alicia - you know we'll all be thinking of you and sending tons of positive vibes your way tomorrow!

Nancy




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Re: My Beach Vacation
« Reply #43 on: May 19, 2009, 05:28:41 am »
Love the pics (as usual), Nancy!  Great to see Alicia with the LA Gang!  Best to you today, Alicia...will be glad to see you as a postie very soon now!

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Lilan

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Re: My Beach Vacation
« Reply #44 on: May 19, 2009, 05:29:07 am »
Wow, you all look fantastic and Alicia looks so relaxed and tan ;) The-vacation was a great idea.
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