As most of you know, I went to Duke University yesterday to have my neurosurgery fix.  I had my pre-op appointments and then went to meet with my surgeon, Dr. Friedman.  After checking my swelling, he believed that I might be improving enough that he might not be able to find the leak.  He said he probably had a 50% chance of finding it.  Because of those statistic and because he didn't want to put a 70 year old women in the germ infested hospital while there was corona virus circling, he recommended that I not do the surgery.  He assured me that the corona virus was not an infection that would go to my brain, but if he did do the surgery and I caught the virus things would be bad.  He also suggested the maybe the quarantine I was observing would help me self heal and keep me from getting any worrisome infections.  And so, here I am at home, so glad I didn't have to go through that.  

I sent out some emails yesterday, but didn't reach everyone.  When I noticed a reply on this site today, I realized that some of you were waiting to hear how I was doing.  I'm sorry if this a repeat, but I do want everyone who has been so supportive of me to know that I'm good!  The layer of fear and stress dropped away on the trip home.  I was so happy to be in my bed last night, giving my fist bump to Bob when we said goodnight.  We're hunkered away, hoping the world starts making some sense to us, and praying that all of the people we know and love are safe doing the same.

Thank you for being there for us.  Your love and support hold us up everyday.
Sending love, protective prayers and gratitude,
Marlene & Bob