[Shannon here again] Carrie had her week-the-surgery follow-up with her maxillofacial surgeon, Dr Stephen Traub. He said she looks great (we agree) and he was pleased with the brief exploration he made inside her mouth. In another 6 days, Carrie will go back to him to have the packing removed from inside the wound area. [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Follow-Up Visit
Posted in desmoplastic ameloblastoma on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Protected: A Very Good Day Today
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Carrie and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Posted in desmoplastic ameloblastoma on August 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
[Shannon again here:] This was not a very good day. The jaw pain last night was more severe than it had been in the last few days, so Carrie tried a stronger pain medication her doctor had prescribed for her for “bad pain.” The first dose went well; the second dose also went well….until waking [...]
Carrie is Back Home!
Posted in desmoplastic ameloblastoma on August 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
[Shannon here] Great news! After a pretty exhausting day for Carrie, she was released from the hospital to come home today. She had a good day yesterday – even laughed and joked extensively with a male nurse who enjoyed the experience so much that he kept saying he was sorry to see her leave! And [...]
Carrie Continues to Shine
Posted in desmoplastic ameloblastoma on August 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
[Shannon here again] Carrie is doing great!!! This is just day two, and she’s sitting up, cracking a joke or two, thanking her nurses and friends, and asking for what she needs. Oh, and drinking cool clear liquids through a straw. There is a vast improvement from one day to the next. The naso-gastric tube [...]
She Did It!
Posted in desmoplastic ameloblastoma on August 18, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This is Shannon, Carrie’s sister, subbing for Carrie who is otherwise engaged in a much-needed communion with her hospital bed. After so many months of waiting, the surgery – technically, a left anterior partial maxillectomy for tumor resection – took place early this morning. Yesterday, when our mother and I went with Carrie to see [...]
August
Posted in Uncategorized on August 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Well, August 1st came and went without celebration. It marked the end of a 6 month wait for some sort of insurance to kick in. Even so, I had to pay out $9000.00, plus another $3000.00 to come, for what insurance may or may not cover. And I have YOU to thank for having that [...]
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