The last 3 months were so very hard. Hannah's recovery was intense, and I can't tell you how thankful I am that it is now all behind us. For the first 6 weeks, we pretty much stayed home. It hurt her to walk, and she had 2 giant tubes with urine bags attached to the them, strapped to her leg. Every time she walked, her bladder would spasm. We went back to NYC on July 29 for her tube and stent to be removed. I thought this would make everything "all better" but that wasn't the case. Her new healthcare plan was hard for her to learn. It caused her pain and she fought it. My goodness, can that girl fight. She still had one tube left in that served as her "emergency" in case anything went wrong. That tube still caused her to spasm when she walked too much. We weren't expecting that. Things were way better than before, but still not great.
5 weeks later, Hannah had her second tube removed. I was expecting things to get better after that, but nope. It was still hard. BUT, I feel like this weekend she finally turned a corner. For some reason, she just seems stronger to me. Her stamina is returning, she no longer spasms, she isn't in pain when she plays for a long time. The best part is she is done fighting. We can care for her and she welcomes it. She is smiling all the time and I feel like her personality is back. I think we have turned our corner. It has been almost exactly 3 months, and I feel like we have finally made it. We are so ready for life to return to normal, whatever normal really is! Here are a few pictures of Hannah and the other kids.
Hannah waited 3 months to swim! We went to All About Kids for her birthday and she had fun walking around the pool.
Here are the Fischer cousins with Grandma and Grandpa.
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I love my girls.
My biggest boy got to pitch his first game. He did an amazing job. It was so fun to watch him strike out so many hitters!
Here is my girl. Completely healed and thriving. We are so very thankful. I can't wait to see what this year will bring her!
