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Surgeries

I am going to attempt to express what all transpired when it comes to my brain tumor and the surgeries that I had in 2016.   I was finishing up my student teaching in December of 2010. I was constantly sick at this time it seems. I had been diagnosed with COPD because I had bronchitis so much. I was constantly on medicine as well as using a nebulizer. I almost didn’t graduate because I was sick so much. Then one day in December, we had a meeting at the school I was student teaching. I noticed that I was having trouble hearing in my right ear. I couldn’t hear myself talking and I kept hearing a low buzzing noise. I felt like I was hearing a radio station off channel.     So I went to the doctor I go to, and he referred me to an ENT specialist. I told the Dr. my symptoms and he did a hearing test. He decided that I needed an MRI to see what was going on. Sure enough I had a brain tumor, but it was small and beign. It was located behind my right ear. He said we would

Celebration of Life: Repost (In honor of Jessica)

I wrote this for a writing prompt back in March. I feel that it is fitting to repost it here on the day 28 years ago when I had Jessica. She will always be our Jessaroo!              Oh my!  I was going to have a baby!  James and I had just gotten married and I was looking for a job on our side of town.  I was taking James to work to have to car so I could go look for a job.  I dropped him off and went and got a drink at the gas station and was going to fill up the gas tank before I headed home. I was about 26 weeks along in my pregnancy. I went into the gas station to go use the restroom.  I peeked out of the ladies restroom and exclaimed "Please call 911! I am bleeding and something is wrong with my baby!”    I don’t really remember what happened after that, or how exactly I got to the hospital. I remember waking up and being on a hospital bed in the ER. The nurse had given me oxygen and was asking me all sorts of questions.  "Honey, what is your name? How old are you