Emily’s Story

Site created on July 24, 2018

Welcome to our CaringBridge website. We are using it to keep family and friends updated in one place.  We truly appreciate your kind words of encouragement and support. Emily LOVES reading them. 


On Tuesday, July 24th Emily had open heart surgery to remove 16 inches of muscle from her heart. We found out she had an enlarged heart and a brain aneurysm in June of 2016. She came through her surgery wonderfully and is making a full recovery. We expect to meet with the neurosurgeon again on August 20th to schedule the procedure for her aneurysm. 

Newest Update

Journal entry by Mary Drummer

Mom is out of the hospital! 🙌 

Yesterday she left the Cleveland Clinic and is now at Avon Oaks Caring Community in Avon, Ohio. It's great because she's only 10 minutes from home and in a MUCH more comfortable setting. She meets with an Occupational Therapist and a Physical Therapist every day and her recovery is going wonderfully after her open heart surgery.

Personally, I love the facility for her. She's able to have her 3 meals a day in the dining room with other residents (she can also have guests join her), there are daily activities so she gets to socialize, she meets with the social worker who can help her find a permanent Independent Living Community, and she can get outside for a while. There's also a daycare here, so she can relive her teaching years and spend some time with the kiddos. 

She can receive visitors and phone calls. The phone number to her room is 440-934-3928.  

Thanks <3

Mary

P.S. There's also a beauty shop here, so she can get her hair done!
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