1-11-11

Tuesday   1-11-11

Another uneventful day....no seizures thus far (8 pm ). 

Dr. Holder and Dr. Patterson did more "mapping", see yesterday's notes for details.

If Alannah has seizures in the middle of the night tonight, they may perform surgery later
in the morning tomorrow.  If not, then the surgery probably won't happen until Friday.

Zia Marianicola came today and brought lunch, with grandma and grandpa.  We had a nice visit.
Father John, our priest, came to visit this afternoon too.  We had a fun visit and he gave
Alannah a special blessing.

When Dr.Holder came in yesterday and saw Alannah's Steeler emblem on her headwrap, she was not
happy.  She is a Cleveland Browns fan, having grown up in Ohio.  So we had an interesting
conversation about how she lives in Pittsburgh now, and she probably shouldn't hate the
Steelers.  She doesn't agree.  I had the feeling that she is one of the very few, or maybe
the ONLY Cleveland Browns fan in this hospital.....so we decided to support her a bit and today
we asked one of the nurses to print off a Cleveland Browns pic for Alannah's headwrap
( she has requested to remain nameless - she doesn't want anyone to know
she printed a Cleveland Browns pic for a pittsburgher ).  We think Dr. Holder was happy with
Alannah's support, but we took a lot of flak from all the others who came into her room
today.  Alannah decided it was worth it for Dr. Holder.

Eric and I are tired, but we are happy that Alannah is well loved by family, friends and
all the people who come into contact with her.  We know that she is well taken care of here
and that makes the whole situation easier to handle.  I think once this is all done, and she
is well, Eric and I will probably sleep for a week straight.

Good night.