Keeping Busy

The past few days have been very busy.  Granddaughter Tara had surgery May 19th in L.A. This was her 6th ear surgery.  Each ear has been operated on several times for a complicated disease called cholesteatoma which is best described through this link. http://www.earsurgery.org/site/pages/conditions/cholesteatoma.php
Tara is the rare case, as she has the disease in both of her ears.

Since the surgery was to begin at 7 a.m. in L.A. (about 80 miles away from home) everyone had to be up and moving early.  Surgery was a little over three hours long, then recovery took at least three more hours, so we didn't end up leaving the hospital until about 3 p.m. We then had a long drive home in very heavy traffic.  It was a very long day.

Tara & her doll in recovery

Tara will need future surgeries, however, this surgery was good news in that there wasn't much of the cholesteatoma to remove.  The doctor was also quite surprised with her hearing ability, (he tested her hearing before the surgery) as most of the bones needed for hearing are missing in both of her ears.

She is home, a little less active than usual, however, recovering quite well.

I didn't get a chance to rest today, though, as I had to drive 100 miles for a doctor appointment.  By the time I returned home late afternoon, another day was fairly well gone. You would think we could find some closer doctors!

I plan on staying close to home Saturday!