Story
LIFE UPDATE: 11/11/24 we welcomed our daughter into the world🩷 she’s perfect and the best addition to our family. Giovanni has been such a good big brother. 12/4/24 I was locked down with the worst headache of my life: noise hurt, light hurt. When I knew something wasn’t right I had Zack take me to ER. He had to carry me to the car and took me to Hamot. We spent 2 days there, multiple scans and found 12 lesions in my brain. Started steroids to decrease swelling and was life flighted to Pittsburgh’s Magee’s Hospital. It’s been a crazy 9 days and we miss our kids. huge thank you to our parents and siblings for shuffling both kids and animals around all week and keeping our house in order. Truly does take a village🩷 As of this morning lesions are not cancerous and we are dealing with abscesses. Strep infection family. We are with infectious disease to try to narrow it down the specific antibiotic. In Doctor Bob’s words. “We have the machine gun out right now, we want to get the sniper”. This is good news! Should be 5-6 weeks of antibiotics and hoping for discharge by Christmas.
Special Notes
"We all want to help Fred and Zach through this challenging time. It’s been hard for us to feel so helpless while they were in Pittsburgh, but we know that providing meals can ease some of their stress. They have an incredible family supporting them, but this is just one small way we can help. We love you both so much. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if there’s anything else you need. We're here for you."