It was a long and hard road, but Grandma has finally made it back home! After routine outpatient surgery in September that very quickly became not so routine and very much inpatient, Grandma has recovered to the point that she is back home and looking great! In 12 weeks, Grandma spent time in just about every wing of Parkview Hospital, but she made a recovery that one surgeon key in her recovery (and whose timely surgery ultimately saved her life) termed "a miracle". Despite a very somber early prognosis, everyone knew that if Grandma had a chance that she would do everything she possibly could to pull through. She was able to fight off the infection--something that her infectious disease specialist confided to me that the odds "were not good". Once out of the ICU and in firm control of her recovery (after 4 rough weeks in Intensive Care), she met or exceeded every milestone set ahead of her to arrive home 4 days earlier than expected. Her determination to fight and push herself in recovery is truly a testament to her character, and has been so inspirational to all of us.
Of course, you are all wondering how this impacts The ChalkBoard. The staff at The ChalkBoard were very concerned, you see... because we were at risk of losing somewhere between 20-25% of our readership! This would have had huge implications to our shout-outs to our readers (Moms and Grandma!). Grandma, we definitely cite you as one very significant reason for making these updates!
So, Grandma, make sure you sit back, relax, enjoy Grandpa's fine cooking (uh-oh! -- Maybe Parkview's cafeteria wasn't so bad after all???), and enjoy The ChalkBoard for many years to come! (The future of The ChalkBoard depends on it!)
2 comments:
What a nice posting. I'm sure Grandma will love it. We are all so glad that she is home and the Chalkboard will continue to have a large readership.
Love,
Mom
Grandma sure did overcome a lot, and she deserves a spot on the top of the Chalkboard at the very least :-).
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