Dear friends and family -



Thanks for visiting Georgia's page! As most of you know, Georgia had been struggling with worsened seizures since January 2010. She subsequently underwent seizure surgery which resulted in a functional hemispherectomy on July 21st at Denver Children's Hospital. We really appreciate all of the kind thoughts and prayers that you have showered on her (and us!) - please keep them coming! We hope this website/blog can be an easy way for us to keep everyone informed on how Georgia is doing. Bare with us...we're new at this!


Love - Rick and Alicia







Friday, August 6, 2010

did someone say playground!?

What a huge day for Georgia...a field trip to the playground! We had purposely not told her yesterday for fear she would be upset to not be able to go RIGHT NOW. So this morning after she got ready, we told her we were going on a car ride to the playground...which I think to her sounded better than the proverbial Christmas morning. Her smile was ear to ear and she nearly climbed herself into her car seat. She grinned the whole way to the park and for the most part the whole time she was at the park. She was definitely more timid though as she maneuvered on the play structures, rightly so. But she explored and tried most things and seemed just so darn happy to be outside with the sun on her face and the wind in her hair.

Only bummer of the morning was the lack of swings at this playground. Seriously, no swings? What the heck kind of playground was this?! Surprisingly Georgia didn't make a big deal about no swings though, which frankly shocked us. The old Georgia probably would have tantrumed. It's not that she's not aware of things now; we just think and hope and pray it's just that she is so much more even-keeled since the seizures have stopped. As we have said so many times, we have our little girl back!

We swapped computers and I am having trouble uploading photos from our lovely day. Sorry - I'll try again tomorrow. We also want to ask for your prayers for a friend and neighbor of ours who also had brain surgery this week for an aneurysm. We're pulling for you Mickie! Now no more brain surgeries please everyone...enough's enough.








4 comments:

  1. What a fun day! Yes, the key to parenthood...never never never mention what "might" be on the agenda for the day...god forbid you don't do it...you then become the worst parent of the day! Go G Go G Go! XOXOXOXOXO A, A, C, C &S

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  2. There is a whole world out there, Georgia; keep exploring, experiencing, learning. Seeing you in the play room at Children's Hospital yesterday was sheer joy. You and Lillian will continue to "enjoy the ride of life!"

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  3. Looks like she had a fabulous time!!! And I bet that sun on her face felt good for her, mom and dad!!!! Not to mention she could ride in the car...and not get motion sick or anything!!!! I know you are just glowing....I can hear it in the voice! I miss the video...but hopefully I can swing by tomorrow aft...and have a real live video! I'll call tomorrow to make sure it is OK!!!
    Happy last weekend in the hospital!

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  4. Fun, fun, fun!! It must have felt great to go out and do something so "non-hospital-ish"!
    Jamie (still posting from the Cape on my mother's computer)

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