Sarah Rise Weekly Updates

How many clusters of headaches will it take for me to learn…? The answer may be 26 years worth of episodic clusters. I hope this time I have actually learned, but please remind me in the future if you see me once again thinking that “this time I can get the headaches to go away… this time… Read more »

I started going to a physical therapist this week and starting next week I will go thrice weekly for the month of May. The most helpful part of my first session was having the therapist tell me I didn’t need to be scared of my hip and new hardware breaking so I could expand my… Read more »

Last Sunday the kids had an Easter egg and jelly bean hunt upon our arrival home after our time in Florida. Amy then made color-coded hunts for the rest of us to complete throughout the week. There is still a bright pink plastic egg hiding in Sarah’s bright pink shoe, waiting for her to notice… Read more »

We are coming home to a chilly Pittsburgh after a wonderful warm week in St. Petersburg, FL. We bought the tickets and made our reservations before knowing that I would need hip surgery. Luckily I had enough recovery time so my doctor said it would be ok to fly. We arranged to have a wheelchair… Read more »

Last Sunday evening Sarah was rapidly oscillating between telling us all of her ailments and happily running around pretending to be the big red panda from Turning Red. We tried to ascertain if there was anything she was stressed about regarding Monday, but we weren’t able to get any information that felt current. She did go… Read more »

My independence is slowly but steadily growing. The biggest achievements of the week include taking a few teeny tiny baby steps using only a cane for support, getting outside and onto my front porch swing all by myself, and carrying a plate for a short distance while using only one hand on my walker! It is fascinating to… Read more »

This has been quite a week. I am in much better shape than I was a week ago and yet I still feel like I am at the bottom of a large mountain. Each day I can do a little bit more around the house, such as making my coffee and breakfast, getting in and… Read more »

I am home and recovering from my hip surgery. In a nutshell it went well, but out of the nutshell there were lots of details that made the experience harder than it needed to be. Carl and I left for the hospital at 4:45am Wednesday morning, and Sonia came to our house to take care of getting… Read more »

This weekend Amy had her first in-person birthday party since 2019 (her actual bday is yet to come). Two years ago we had to cancel her party because everything was just shutting down for Covid. We kept the party small with just 7 kids, two of whom were our own. Sarah didn’t actually participate in much… Read more »

I must issue a correction for one item in my last update. Sarah didn’t cut the carrots by herself. Carl did that part. However, this week Sarah did cut zucchini with Carl supervising. Speaking of corrections, we needed to correct the radon situation of our mountain house. Ideal radon levels are below 4. When we tested our levels in… Read more »