The good news and the bad news

[dorchadas]

Yesterday Laila went back to the doctor for her follow-up to her brain surgery after months of healing, and we have some good news from it, and some bad.

The Good

• Laila is cleared for doing flips and spins and other physical activity! That means she can go to the park again, which she's been really missing. sashagee sent me a video of Laila somersaulting in our living room and laughing--it's been months since she's been able to somersault without us stopping her. We're going to sign her back up for swimming lessons.

The Bad

• The doctor isn't sure that the tissue he was unable to remove surgically is benign, and Laila might require a second surgery to remove it. This would be laser surgery, so it's much less invasive, but still. We'll know more after her upcoming MRI and EEG later on in the summer. This might be why she's still having seizures.

Laila herself is doing fine, and later this week I'll take her to the park again. Not soon, though--today after work we're going to the farmer's market, and tomorrow she'll be at occupational therapy. But maybe Friday evening, she'll finally get to run around the park and climb on the equipment again. She can't wait.

Comments

[brightknightie]

Congratulations on the good news! Best wishes for continuing ahead through the bad news.

Yay, parks! Yay, all the joys of physical motion!