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Date Posted: 02:24:16 07/23/02 Tue
Author: Betty Lee
Author Host/IP: Dial2a-66.i2eyenet.com / 64.80.2.66
Subject: Update on Debbie - for those who've asked

Debbie has been home since last Tues., and is doing ok, but not terrific. She says she feels a lot better now that it's over, and she does look better. Most of the swelling has gone down, and the bruising is minimal now. I talked to her on the phone Fri. and Sat. She still has a bit of a shiner but much improved just from Sat. to Sun. I went and got her and brought her over for the afternoon on Sun. She stayed till after 7 pm, till she began to feel a bit lightheaded, but we had a good time, just the two of us.

Her speech is messed up a bit, and she's having a lot of trouble finding the words she wants to use. That gets her a bit frustrated and scared acting. I gave her a pen and paper to use, and each time a word really got her rattled, I'd tell her to write down the first letter if she could, and surprisingly in most cases she printed out the whole word and then managed to say it or almost say it.

When she was hanging up the phone on Sat. I told her I loved her no matter what and maybe I would come down and get her the next day to visit for a couple of hours if she felt up to it. She started to cry and said, "Thank you, Aunt Betty, I love you too, and I know that you do understand what a lot of other people just can't seem to sometimes. Maybe that's why I was finally able to remember your phone number today when I couldn't remember anything else and I was feeling scared." I almost bawled on that one.

When I took her home Sun. after our visit, she hugged me and said, "Aunt Betty thanks for a wonderful afternoon and evening and for lunch. It's the best day I have had in a long time, especially since I got home from the hospital."

I talked to her on the phone twice today too, and she's still struggling so hard to put sentences together. She has an appointment to see one of her doctors tomorrow. Oh, I had to laugh at something she said when she was here. She took off her bandanna and said, "Look at the damned mess they made of my hair, Aunt Betty! I wish they had just shaved the whole thing because this looks downright asinine with this bare spot up here." Actually, she has about 1/4 inch or so of hair coming back there now, but the incision is still quite visible through the stubble.

Anyhoot, that's the latest on Deb. She can still use your prayers as not only does she have the verbal problem to overcome, but they are planning to go back in sometime soon to try to correct the other two anuerisms also. Thank you to all who have written to ask about her and have been sending those prayers her way.

Peace and love,
Betty Lee

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