Love, Loss, and Other Four Letter Words
  • Home
  • About Chordoma
  • Photo Gallery
  • Blog - Madison's Journal

Another Milestone !

7/16/2014

 
Madison had 2 doctor appointments today, one each for her neck and leg. The surgeon who harvested most of her fibula said her leg looks great! (Madi had to decide which leg to choose....the choice for me was simple... her moms :) 

The other doctor looked at her throat through her nose. As expected there is still quite a bit of swelling. As the weeks/months go by, each day should be a tad easier to swallow. 

Monday night Dad and Angela took Madi out for sushi, one of her favorite meals. We were impressed how much she ate given what her throat must have felt like. 

On Tuesday Madi had a throat study  with Tessa (mentioned in a prior thread): Tessa was "extremely impressed" and remarked that Madi's progress was "amazing". Again, the swelling will continue go down over time but she's progressing in the right direction! 

Another milestone today... the staples in her neck were removed. Again, it's an impressive incision in the front of her neck with about 50 staples. I was trying to convince Madison to keep the staples and make a bracelet, how cool would that be?! It turns out that they had to cut each in half to wiggle them out. Dang!

Picture
Given Madison has been doing extremely well, we decided either mom or Dad/Angela would travel home to reduce hotel expenses during this leg of the journey. Mom, Rodger, and Madi will travel back on July 22. Chris and Angela arrived home in Simi Valley at 2 AM this morning. 


I think there was a movie star sitting behind Chris on the plane last night. The paparazzi kept snapping pictures... something was definitely up. 


More to come in the next couple of days, stay tuned. 


Comments are closed.

    Archives

    December 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    May 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    May 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    July 2013

    Picture

    Categories

    All

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.