Hanna's Blog

I'm a little overwhelmed this morning after my quick Sunday morning bombshell. The comments, well wishes, and just outreach of support has been beyond what I (and my family) could have ever imagined. I know we know a lot of people but DAYUM. Gather round and let me tell you a little story about something I've noticed. Again, I'll reiterate there have been drugs in my system for a few weeks now, but I have this mental image that I cannot escape that I feel must be shared. There is a scene in one of the Robert Downey, Jr. Sherlock Holmes movies (Jeff has pointed out to me it is a scene where he's on heroin). In the scene Sherlock is making connections about a crime with red twine and points to the random connections which lead to the whatever-whatevers. Here - this picture - see all the red lines? That's my mental image. Let me explain... Throughout the experience of the seizure, CT, MRI, and biopsy, my dad has been in contact with his friends letting them ...

As the drugs have worn off and I've gone back through some text messages and hazy memories have become a little more crisp, I've realized I need to continue with my shout outs! I do recognize that y'all probably don't really care if you see your name on my blog but I want to see it and share how awesome our network has been. To the Kramer Family - the fresh bread, the pastas, meatballs, sauce, beer for Jeff, and frozen chicken nuggets and fruit snacks for the boys. You shut up how awesome are y'all! Also, thanks for my first greeting card before I'd even left the hospital! Your wonderful kids and their spouses with soups and chicken. My new deep freezer is excited to know y'all and so is my tummy. Sliders continued - Megan and Lindsay and the bamboo of 7. Never fear - the two pots are on my window sill being united in math (3+4=7 and all the good luck). Sophia and Dorothy forever! Let's just plan to keep this as a running post series...

It's weird to know when to break information or how to know when a story really "starts." For me, I have a doozy of a story that will rock a few worlds and break a few hearts. I guess I'll just jump right in and shock ya. I have been diagnosed with primary brain cancer. We are working with a team of people to figure out exactly what that means - aside from the fact that I have a lesion in my right frontal lobe that is aggressive and malignant....meaning, not so good but maybe not so bad? So, here are the events as they happened. Our little family of four recently returned from a family vacation with my Mom and Dad in Allenspark, Colorado over July 4th. We took 9 days and just had a wonderful time! We had pretty much returned home, unloaded the car and tried to settle back into our normal routines. We got home July 10th, had a pretty normal work week and were settling into our first weekend home. It was a Saturday, July 15th and Jeff had just finished up some ...