Thank you...

A big THANK YOU to everyone for coming to the benefit yesterday and for donating so many raffle prizes. It was a lot of fun and a great success. Mom looked so happy and healthy!

One request... if you took pictures last night can you please email them to me (kLizarra@asu.edu) because I was not able to take pictures, but I wanted to post some on here. That would be great. Thanks again.

Better...

Mom is still doing really good. She still gets tired a lot and has to take naps throughout the day but her incision is healing really well and she looks great. This was a really scary process for all of us so seeing her recovery is amazing.

See everyone on Sunday! Wear pink!

Update...

Mom has been feeling really good the past couple days, so it looks like she will be able to come to the benefit! Yay!

Benefit...

Mom's fundraiser benefit will still be held this *Sunday, June 28th, @ Famous Sam's on 43rd Avenue and Glendale @ 4 PM.* There will be many live bands playing and great raffle prizes. $10 @ the door. Hope to see you all there!

Releases...

Hi everyone... I need a big favor... if you were at mom's event @ Famous Sam's OR @ the hospital at any time while the cameras were filming, we need to have you sign an appearance release in case you were filmed, for the production company. Please email me at KLizarra@asu.edu and I can email you the form! Thank you!!!!!

Update...

Mom is doing really good still... she got her staples out, which really hurt, but the incision is healing very well. You can hardly see it, even with how short her hair is... Dr. Spetzler did an amazing job. She is still in pain but everday is better.

Today is Albert's 19th birthday so we will all get together tonight at mom's!

Update...

I talked to my Mom this morning and her recovery is still going well. She said she doesn't remember much from last week in the hospital, so we've been explaining what all happened. She is feeling better everyday, but she gets tired more frequently and takes lots of naps.

The staples will be removed tomorrow.
The post-op appointment with Dr. Spetzler is July 22nd.
A speech therapist was prescribed to help with exercising her brain for the next couple weeks, so we are working on that.

You're doing great mom! xoxo

Update...

Mom is home and doing better everyday. She is starting to feel more and more normal so we are really happy for her. We already caught her trying to do laundry! She always wants to be busy so our biggest job right now is trying to keep her relaxing. :)

The doctor prescribed a speech therapist for her to see for the next couple weeks.

Home Sweet Home...

Mommy has already signed the discharge papers to go home! Yay! She is waiting for a couple things then she will be on her way! She is so excited.

Update!!

Mom is going to be in speech, occupational and physical therapy today so she won't be able to have visitors for the rest of the day. Sorry and thank you for understanding. I will keep everyone updated.

Update..

Mom is doing better today. She has been cracking us up because she is so soft-spoken and saying the funniest things. She was in a lot of pain last night so she is tired today but she is looking good.

Her new room is on the 6th floor, to the right, in 6N43. Visitors welcome!

Update..

Dr came in this morning and said Mom is doing excellent. She will get a room on the floor tonight, where she can have more visitors, so I will post that information when we get it. She is most likely going home on Saturday, maybe Sunday. She is still talking quite a bit, ate a few bites and took a walk around the hall but is very emotional and asks a lot of questions because she is having trouble remembering things. Nurses say that is normal. She is taking the size of her incision really hard because it is larger than we expected. It is about 7 inches long and we tell her that we can hardly see it but it is still bothering her. We are praying for a full recovery.

Update...

Mom is feeling a little better today. She is talking more but still sleepy and groggy. Her swelling has gone down and she is looking good! She sat out of bed today and ate breakfast... progress. Everyone is surprised how well she is doing. She is SOOOOOOOO STRONG! It's amazing.

She still needs a lot of rest so while she is in ICU the Dr suggests less visitors but in the next day or so she should be in a normal room and more alert.

@ the hospital...

Lots of friends and family waiting during surgery...

In ICU...

Being interviewed...

Bartending event...

Here are pics from Friday... we had so much fun!

Look @ the camera crew!

Bartenders!