11/19/13

Progress continues. We now know the name of the tutor engaged by the school district, just awaiting contact info to arrange appointments. Nicole is trending toward a more positive outlook on this whole tutoring adventure.....

On the other hand I think her increased exposure to friends on Sunday at church and youth group and visits from concerned friends and parents has made the severity of her event sink in. As I'm sure would happen for anyone of us, Nicole is worried about it happening again, or waking up only to find she has bigger gaps in her memory.  It makes sleep very hard for her right now.  And she asks for reassurance, so hard. It is good to know, though, that from a cardiac perspective, having the implanted defibrillator gives her a margin of safety that the rest of us don't have.  This is not something I would ever have wanted her to have to ponder on at this point in her life.