Drive-Thru's and Rollercoasters
April 08, 2009 11:00 PM

One more surgery for the record books: Juliana came through today's superbly. Dr. Wolfe did exactly what I had explained in my previous post. She has a tissue expander in her back now, and he began debulking her left cheek and also did a bit of a scar revision on her back from where he moved the tissue to her cheek. Her left cheek looks beautiful. This is only the first step in the debulking process, but at least we can see a better idea of the end result.

Juliana is in great spirits now. She is taking it easy watching … yep, you guessed it, Mary Poppins!  We are expecting to head for home tomorrow. This is starting to become like "drive-thru" surgeries. You won't hear any complaints from any of us, though.

We actually did get to enjoy a day of family fun before we came to Miami. Last weekend we all went to an amusement park. It was a small one, but very nice for a day and not too overwhelming. Kendra is fearless when it comes to the rollercoasters. She and daddy went on every one of them. Juliana was upset because she was not tall enough to go on the big ones. But, she did go on all of the rides that she could and loved every one of them. I will always be the official photographer—from the ground.

—Tami