Thanks Ellis for your support! I hope everyone is OK - it's never this quiet.
Here's an email I just sent out to some friends. Sorry for the cut and paste but I am limited on time and on the waiting room computer (which I am so happy is available to us). I hope everyone is well. :
Hi guys,
In the hospital right now. Trav's mom is having brain surgery. She has blood on her brain, causing pressure. This has affected her language. She understands everything said to her but is only able to get out 1-4 words. She's all ready shown a bit of progress with her speech (language - it apears she has aphasia and I am guessing Broca's but have not had neuro in over 4 years so take that with a grain of salt) and was even able to say "It's ridiculous" when we were discussing Bush.
She still has her sense of humor and we have made her laugh, etc...
They have yet to say if she had a stroke but it pretty much seems that way. She has right side weakness which is slightly apparent in her face but much more obvious with her right arm.
Trav is handling it OK. He is being strong for his family but (for obvious reasons) is freaking out inside. We'll all feel a lot better once she's out of the operation. This is the fifth brain surgery of its type that the doctors here have done this week alone. So she is in capable hands.
I will do my best to send another update today.\
Thanks for all of the kind email, etc...!
~Kat