Still recovering here at Stanford

Hi everyone,
After Thursday's surgery, Angela was released to the neurosurgery observation unit, like an ICU for brain surgery patients. There were three patients in the same room and one nurse who stayed there to look after all of them. Lots of attention but a little hard for Angela to rest. She was allowed to eat solid food the very first night, that was a good thing and much better than her last hospital stay!

On Friday, Angela went for a walk around the hospital with me, her sister Laurie and our pal Amy Tannous, who just flew into SFO from a trip to Washington, DC with her family, perfect timing! We got some snacks and hung out in one of the awesome hospital garden terraces for a long time. Angela said it felt like getting the band back together again.

Stanford has been treating Angela great as always. Last night she was moved to her own room at the very end of a quiet hall on the same floor. Too bad there were no cots available, or else Laurie was going to spend the night. Angela did fine but she said it was hard to fall asleep since the doctors had ordered some steriod medication to increase her blood pressure, which was been showing some low readings.

So far, Angela's main complaint is some stuffiness and a bad headache, which is all normal. The doctors check on her regularly and ask her to follow a series of short instructions like raising her arms and following a flashlight beam. So far so good!

Looks like she'll be in for another night and then we'll stay in the area an extra day until her follow-up appointment with Dr. Katznelson on Monday. Thanks for all the prayers!

-Josh