Hopefully the Last Surgery

I recently had my 4th and 5th procedures and they are hopefully the last for a while. I had a neuromodulator placed in my lower back. This device stimulates the nerves in my sacrum. I have a lot of internal paralysis due to the lipomyelomeningocele and complications of the removal of the tumor. If all goes well, I will regain function of some of my internal organs and have a more normal lifestyle. I don't know how much I will recover, but I am hanging onto hope that things will improve with this device. I know that I will possible face more surgeries in the future, but for now there are no more planned procedures. I have spent over a month in the hospital, undergone 5 procedures taking more than 17 hours of surgery time, and around 30 inches of external scars. Needless to say my body has gone through a lot of trauma this last year. Healing comes slowly and I will be in recovery phase until November. It has felt like every time I start to feel better from surgery, I have to go in again and do another one. I am really excited to have no more procedures on the horizon and I look forward to felling better and staying that way. Rob will be finishing up his second year of medical school in May and then taking his first set of boards. We are excited and nervous because these will have a big impact on his future education and career. We are excited to be moving to Logan, Utah in the beginning of June. We found a place in Hyrum and will hopefully be signing the lease this next week. We also bought another car this past week. Dad will be driving it from Utah out here to pick the boys and I up. We are going to be visiting my parents for the month of May while Rob studies for his tests. We felt that he would do better without the boys and I around to distract him and take up his time. I am excited to come back to Idaho for a few weeks and just play with my kids and parents.