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That is fantastic news Rex. I like a story with a happy ending!

Yippie! That's is great, Rex. No place like home. Prayers answered.

This is good news and we hope this young lady will continue to improve. Mississippi is thanking God on a regular basis. Sorry for not saying something earlier, just a little under the weather. My thoughts are, isn't God great and I love to read where so many are praying. This forum is very much different from others in a good way. I have probably said to much but Rex the love of so many really shows. May your lady continue to improve.

Hey Doc Rainman...
How goes it with our favorite forum patient?

Sorry Brettski! I completely missed your question.

She is doing really well! She is still doing rehab during the day. It's so cool to send the youngins off to scool with a lunch bag and a walker! Actually, she is mostly using a cane to walk and sometimes uses nothing now around the house. She still has quite a bit of dizziness and nausea thouigh. Doc said she can go back to work when she feels ready and strong enough.

Here are 3 shots of the tumor. It is very obvious in the pictures but was nearly twice as large as shown. It still amazes me that she had something that large in her brain and that it was able to be removed with no real damage being done!

That is amazing Rainman. Your whole story is amazing. You are a very fortunate man. Thanks for sharing & I wish your family a blessed future.

Rainman, thanks for reminding us just how precious life is.

Answering Burgermeister's question about my wife's recovery update.

Cathy was able to slowly return to work. As you know, she is the VP of accounting for First Bank and like most banks, the economy has hit them hard so I want to give props to them for holding her position and paying for medical treatments insurance had denied in order to provide her with the best care possible. This was in a time when it would have been easy to cut her position since they had to lay off 6% of the staff. If you live near a branch-please do business with them, they are as nice as the family here.

Back to Cat! In December she started back to work with quite a welcome back ceremony being thrown for her....She was VERY humbled by it all. She began at around 15-20 per week without letting the branches know of her return so she could get back into the swing of things and was not sure of any memory loss yet. Her job is VERY mentally demanding and she was exhausted after even the short days. She was still unsteady walking and if she turned her head she would become very unbalanced. She walked the halls often turning her head to re-learn her balance which really has paid off.

I was driving her everywhere because of the dizziness and I am happy to report that with her hard work on rehab, She began driving again this last week. The fact that I replaced her car learning the new feel, bells, and whistles, was more difficult for her than the driving itself.

She is now up to a 35 hour work week and is feeling pretty comfortable again in her job AND in walking, driving, etc.
I would say she is at about 95% of a full recovery---Plus she hasn't touched a cigarette since first being diagnosed. Wish I could say the same thing but she doesn't complain about my smoking.

I again want to thank everyone that said a prayer for us and kept us in your thoughts. I have no doubt all the positive energy played a huge role in her recovery. I KNOW it kept my sanity!

I also want to thank everyone that sent cards, letters and offer to help. They meant so much to us!

I hope that Bob, Otto, and the rest of the Pond Boss staff don't mind me saying a special thank you for giving me the honor of attending the Pond Boss Conference as their Outdoor Activity Director for the Conference. I will arrive at Big Cedar early Wednesday and Cathy and our girls will drive down Friday evening. We will be heading back to St.Louis sunday afternoon.

We look forward to meeting and thanking everyone more than you can imagine.

This Forum is truly a special place with VERY special people!

Yeehaw Rainman! Looks like being a tough survivor runs in the family! God most certainly makes it happen but only if you won't give up.

Rex

Sorry I entirely missed this story from last year. I am very happy to hear your wife is on the road to recovery...my family will keep your family in our thoughts often!

Look forward to meeting all of you in person in September!

Good to hear.

I also failed to pick up on this last year. Too many personal problems of mine. I have always injoyed rainmans posting and the family will feel my prayers. Glad to hear she is doing better and as you described her determination it lets us know she is tough, and a good fighter. good luck

deaner, you left several kind words on this thread. I'm sure since the outcome was great it simply slipped your mind. Too bad for you that we must share the same memory deficit disorder!

We hope your circumstances all came out for the best as well!

I'll second doing business with First Bank. They are a class act bank. My wife and I wouldn't do our banking anywhere else.

Rainman, Thanks for the update. I'm glad your wife is doing well.

Rainman,

Thank you for updating us with Cathy's condition. I read your post to JWHAP, and she was as thrilled to hear the good news as am I. When I saw the thread come up again I re-read it from the beginning. What a trying journey your family has been through.

It's also great to hear an employer go above and beyond the call of duty to help one of their own.

Please tell Cathy for us that we're so glad she is doing well and back to counting beans - (well that part was just me).

That's just awesome Rainman. I'm so glad to hear Cathy is doing well, and thanks for the update!

Rainman you are so right about my forget fulness, I apolgize as I checked the threads and missed where I had posted. I am thankful this forum is so user friendly as I am getting older and I realize I miss so much---thanks everyone. I did not mention how nice Rainman was to open my eyes----thanks.

Knock it off Deaner. You're not getting old. Like me, you just have more years behind you than you do in front of you.