Time? What's That?
December 01, 2008 5:30 PM

I have started an update three other times this past week and was not able to finish any of them …

As Jeanne already told everyone, Juliana is home and recovering from another surgery. This one was fairly minor, considering the others that she has been through. Dr. Wolfe did a skin graft to cover the area on her face where the original procedure, done November 6, did not take. She is in quite a bit of discomfort right now. Her donor site is very tender and that makes it uncomfortable for her to sit and even walk.

This whole procedure of moving the tissue from her back to her face is proving to be a lot more than any of us bargained for. But, Dr. Wolfe informed me this past week that if we go about this slowly enough, we may get enough tissue for both sides. That would be so incredible if we did not have to put her through any more of this to do the right side.

As I write this now, I am reading over my last couple of posts and thinking about what has happened in the past four months. I am really not much of a planner. I like to just "see what happens." It seems that the few things that I did plan for during the past few months have not gone as planned anyway. Let me prove my point: I planned to get this update written while the house was quiet, but Kendra woke up at 6:30. Juliana just woke up and they are fighting already! …

Now it is 10 hours after I started; lets try again to get this finished:

Thom is scheduled to come home on Thursday. This has been a very long six months for all of us. I can't begin to imagine the fear that he went through while he was gone. It is always so much easier to deal with situations hands on rather than through the phone and internet. He left on deployment "planning" for this to be a quiet and uneventful six months. Why, after five and a half years with Juliana, are we still kidding ourselves about anything being "quiet and uneventful"? …

Okay, now it is the day after I began this post. I guess I better wrap this up otherwise it will never find its way on-line. I still have so much to say. I will start another update soon. No promises as to when it will be finished! We have a very exciting announcement to make, so I'll be back soon for that. My heart is bursting with joy and I can't wait to tell you all about it.

—Tami