Today is Amanda's birthday and it will be a fabulous day. We are still staying in sunny Menlo Park temporarily.
This has been such a blessing to be able to stay here in this beautiful area where everything is near, no parkiing problems, no hills to climb. We will be having a small celebration this evening with Jon and Catherine, Amanda and myself either at a local restaurant (if she feels up to it) or take out! It won't be like her other martini toasting, music playing, club dancing birthdays from the past. But it will be one that we will toast her accomplishments in getting thru these many obstacles with fortitude and grace. We her parents are so proud of her and her continued courage.
Amanda is walking more, and getting fresh air. She still has trouble with too much stimuli, or able to focus on a computer, and she tires easily. But this will get better and better as the healing phase continues to progress.
We have a visit with her Doctors on Tuesday. She probably will get her stitches out, and we will learn how to take care of the next phase of her recouperation. If the prognosis is good, we will move to her apartment in San Francisco, California on Wednesday.
P.S. More Drama for the Lewis Family -- Ryan, our son, is living in San Diego where the fires are 20 miles AWAY. His business has shut down, and they are telling everyone to stay indoors because the air quality is so bad! Ryan is buying floaties in preparation for a water evacuation.
All for now, Love
Amanda's Mom,
Sharon
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Happy Birthday Lew-Huss! Keep up the progress...eat some good cake and ice cream...and celebrate the day you were born. Mom and Dad...you should be proud to have brought such a strong woman into this world. Happy Birthday to you all!
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Manda! Happy Birthday girl! Thinking of you and wishing you lots of b-day cheer. Love, Wincy and Winky
Happy Birthday Lewis! If you were here we would give you birthday spankings in a totally work-appropriate manner. Were such a thing possible.
I miss our manic IM exchanges of celeb drama, so I thought I'd share one here that might be of significant interest:
Actor Mark Ruffalo also had an acoustic neuroma!
I heard about this last week on Fresh Air. So yeah, Terry Gross is no Tyler Durden, but she was asking him about his recovery from brain surgery, and a so many of the symptoms he described sounded so similar, so I Googled it.
http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/n_8518/
From the sound of it, he had a harder time of it than you've been through, and also a lot of similar effects that he managed to overcome within a year.
So next time you go to LA and you randomly meet him in a restaurant, you'll automatically have something in common.
That's it for my Amanda-centric celeb news minute. I can't guarantee that there will be more of them upcoming, but I'll try to continue to tailor my newsgathering towards you. ;)
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Mandy-May, Happy Birthday baby! We have been thinking of you SO MUCH. I think the healing/recovery part of even minor surgery can be very, very frustrating.... so, My "mommy" comment is to try your hardest to remember that baby steps dont always suck. I am so happy your parents are with you! All my love to you my dear, Catharine
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMANDA!
OMG, I also heard the Mark Ruffalo interview on Fresh Air last week, crazy!
Happy Birthday again Ninja Amanda! And thank you Mama Mandy for providing all the great updates.
Happiest Birthday, Mandy, from all your oldnavy.com buddies! We're thinking about you a lot, and wish you all the Best for the next year.
Fat hugs and kisses,
Heike
Happy Birthday Amanda! We are thinking about you and reading for updates on the blog daily. Great to know you are kicking that ninja-hating-neuroma in the ass. Love you, kswan.
happy birthday, yo. i want you to keep on...keep...truckin'.
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