The Wonders of Modern Medicine

Sandi here, updating for Stu.  Today I walked over from our rental apartment just 2 blocks away from the hospital in torrential rains with my summer sneakers on (sigh).  The storm had arrived in full force!  That storm made me think of the medicine flowing into all of the bad areas of Stu's beautiful brain.  I wondered what he would be feeling like as the final drips of the drug were finishing their journey and beginning their own storm.

I walked like a wet dog to find Stu cheerful, sassy as ever and full of energy! YAY!! He looks great, he had to do the mandatory brain surgery clearances for OT and Speech to leave the ICU, where they had to monitor him during the 24 hours of the infusion.  He rocked the tests, as we knew he would!  You'd hardly be able to tell that Stu had a THIRD brain surgery, as he is simply doing great.

I keep taking pause to think about all he has done to personally fight this.  He is really, truly such a strong, driven and humble person.  I'm so thankful for his drive, his fight.  Ok, I know... I loved him already, but really he is so inspiring!

The hospital staff and our doctors have been so wonderful, so positive and so in line with Stu's style of fighting this.  We are so well cared for and we feel so positive and assured in the care Stu is receiving.

We have been getting some great support from the Southern California collection of Team Stu too.    Ljupco came to visit today, Dana and Aunt Eileen, Cousin Katie and Leland are coming tomorrow, then we are joining Ljupco and family for dinner!!  (Cousin Katie wasn't going to let Cousin Jake show her up with 2 days of visits -- so she's brought for the nurses  yummy desserts from Lemon Poppy Kitchen ).

We CLEARLY need to get down to the LA area more often.  Fortunately for us, it will be in the plans with this clinical trial and we look forward to seeing you all in the future.

We won't actually know too much about how this is working until after the holidays when the inflamation wears down, and we might not no much by then either.  We are hoping for a miracle of course and your mindfulness, prayers and positivity will help.

You can text Stu, or email or leave a message on the blog.  He is doing really well and handled this very well.

Thank you for caring.  It means so much to not be doing this alone.  Your texts, emails, comments and visits are so amazing.
All the best to you and yours!
Sandi (and Stu)