I’ve been discharged from the hospital

I’ve been discharged from the hospital

After two weeks in the hospital, I’m out! I’ll be recovering for a bit before we fly back to Winnipeg, if all goes as planned we will get back November 17th. Emotionally I’ve got a lot to process. Writing helps, but for today…I’m not quite ready to share too much....
So much progress, tears of joy

So much progress, tears of joy

First of all – I’M WALKING!!! (it’s not that I had fully stopped walking pre surgery, but I was constantly falling when I did and I had the slowest, most awkward/painful gait…distances I was able to walk were VERY short). The past few days have flown by so fast....
I stood up

I stood up

I stood up today for the first time since surgery! Still a very long road ahead, but today is exactly what I needed…especially after yesterday which was a really tough pain/med reaction day. I’m guessing that I’ll be in the hospital another 5ish days, but we’ll...
Surgery is Complete!

Surgery is Complete!

From Vicki (Bethany’s mom): Bethany is out of surgery and will be in the ICU for 24 hours, then moved to her room at the hospital. We were surprised when Sasha got the call from Dr. Gilete shortly after 5:30 pm – 2 1/2 hours earlier than expected! We...
It’s happening in less than 48 hours

It’s happening in less than 48 hours

I talked to my surgeon this afternoon and we’ve got a plan that presumably is not going to change…although it’s a bit hard to believe that after all of the last minute changes lately. My surgery will begin at 8am on Friday, local time (which is late Thursday night for...