Wednesday, February 22, 2012

I'm not sure if anyone is even following this blog anymore, since it has been a while since my last post. Allan continues to improve each week. He has a neuropsych eval next week, which is an 8 hour test. This will help the therapists determine his readiness for the driving program and his re-entry level for work. He still has quite a bit more recovery and a lot of training to go before he can return to work, but this is a good start. I know Allan is certainly anxious to get back to his team.
Allan will undergo day surgery on March 6th for closure of the PFO (hole in the heart). It is supposed to be day surgery, but there is a chance that he would need to spend the night. We'll see.
We would like to thank the Boll family and Jim for the rides to BIR on the days that I work. That has been such a huge help to us. Thank you, thank you!!!!
And a big thank you for all of the meals and goodie baskets, and emails/texts. You have know idea how much all of those things have meant to us.
I will keep everyone informed of any progress as we go.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

I'm a few days late with this post, but I wanted to update everyone on Allan's appts that he had on Monday. We spent the entire day in Fort Worth (thank you MM for watching the monkeys). Allan had a repeat CT scan of his head, which is standard protocol. I guess we will hear the results in April, provided nothing has changed, when we return to the neurologist. We had the cardiology appt after the CT. This cardiologist was the one who evaluated Allan after his stroke, at Plaza. He wants to close the PFO; the Dallas cardiologist did not. This one, Dr Ali, said closing it is one more layer layer of protection against another stroke. I think Allan wants to have it closed (as do I). We now have to wait for his insurance to approve the closure b/c it is considered "off label". It's only approved after the second stroke. Awesome!

We continue to enjoy great meals from our wonderful friends. Again, thank you so much. It has been so helpful to us. And thank you for all of the cards; Allan's grandmother sends him a card a week. Too cute! The Boll family has been incredible. They take Allan to his day neuro program wednesday-Friday. Thank you so very much!!

Will update more when we find out whether Allan's insurance will cover his PFO closure. Thanks for keeping us in your prayers