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OT: My wife Kari's Condition Substantially Improved!



Scirocco Content:  Driving Scirocco to and from the hospital!

Sorry for the large gap between updates, we've been in SF (and away from my computer) during our ordeal.

Kari is doing very well in Inpatient Rehabilitation at Southwest Washington Medical Center.  She's 
eating, drinking, talking, and best of all thinking clearly.  She no longer seems agitated and seems 
to have moved through a phase of serious insomnia, and is now sleeping quite well.  After nearly 4 
weeks of hospitalization, we are trying hard to get her strength back up through intensive physical, 
occupational, and speech therapies. She still cannot quite stand on her own, but her goal is to be 
walking by the time of discharge, expected to be around Memorial Day.

Thank you everyone for all of your support, prayers, and thoughts of healing!  Our Kari is on the mend!

Sincerely,

Camron Crouse (Husband) and everyone in the Crouse and Norick Families



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A recap of the last few weeks:

April 29, 2006

 > Friends and family,
 >
 > Kari was flown down to the University of California San Francisco Thursday night.  She has
 > already begun to show improvements such as the ability to speak softly and coherently, increased
 > physical strength, and she has started to open her eyes more frequently.  The doctors have
 > scheduled an MRI for today, and further treatment/assessment will follow.  I will do my best to
 > send updates.
 >
 > We are very lucky to have Kari in the hands of the doctors at UCSF, and we are so thankful to the
 > medical staff at SWMC for doing everything in their power to make these special arrangements with
 > UCSF.
 >
 > UCSF is notorius for their expertise in neurology as well as cancer treatment.  I have included
 > the ranking information below and the URL so that you can access the site with additional
 > information about this medical center.
 >
 > UCSF Medical Center
 >
 > In 2005, US News and World Report named the UCSF Medical Center the 10th-best hospital in the
 > nation, making it the highest- ranked medical center in Northern California.
 >
 > In the magazine's "America's Best Hospitals" survey, the UCSF Medical Center ranked best in
 > Northern California ? as well as among the best in the nation ? in the following specialties:
 > neurology/neurosurgery; hormonal disorders such as diabetes; respiratory disorders; digestive
 > disorders; pediatrics; gynecology; ophthalmology; rheumatology; urology; eye treatments; kidney
 > disease; cancer; and ear, nose and throat treatment.
 >
 > URL:  http://www.ucsf.edu/about_ucsf/rankings.html
 >
 > Please continue with the positive thoughts and prayers!
 >
 > Love,
 >
 > The Norick family and the Crouse family

~~~~~~~~~~~
May 6, 2006

 > Kari gets a little bit better every day. The doctors say that she will likely be able to return
 > to

WA this upcoming week. She will still need to be in the hospital, but will at least be close to home
as she makes her recovery. Speech therapy, physical therapy and occupational therapy are working
with her now.

 >
 > Thank you for the positive thoughts and prayers! Please keep them up for Kari!
 >
 > The Norick family and the Crouse family

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
May 10, 2006

 > Kari is being flown back home to WA today. She will be in rehab (physical, speech and
 > occupational

therapy) at SWMC upon her return. She is still showing improvements. The doctors at UCSF have been
very honest about the fact that they do not know for certain why this happened to Kari. The internal
medicine doctors speculate that it may be from the chemotherapy. Kari has her second course of
chemotherapy coming up, so we sincerely hope that they are wrong! The neurology team speculates that
Kari has suffered unnoticed seizures that caused the inflammation that showed up on her MRIs and
thus resulted in her condition.

 >
 > Thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers!
 >
 > The Norick and Crouse families