OT: My wife Kari's Condition Substantially Improved!

[blake at clockworm.com (Blake)]

great news!  thanks for the update.

blake/

On 5/18/06, Camron D. Crouse <camron@worldaccessnet.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
>
> *****************
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
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