Summer Update

June was a wonderful month. We drove to Texas to visit Dan's family and had a wonderful time! We got to see a lot of relatives that we haven't seen in a while and had a fun time with all.

July brings wonderful news and disappointing news. The wonderful news is that we are in West Virgina working with Amanda's future service dog ELLIE. Graduation will be July 27 and then ELLIE comes to live with us. The disappointing news is that on Wednesday of this week, Amanda was diagnosed with an aneurysm. The aneurysm was found during a routine MRI for her annual UCLA appointment and confirmed with an MRA. Evidently, the aneurysm was there in last year's MRI as well but no one picked up on it. It has grown slightly in one year. Anyway, we are holding tight talking with neurosurgery trying to schedule additional tests. It sounds like we may be headed toward another surgery to correct the problem. We are faithful that this is just another bump in the road and that Amanda will come through it just fine. All the doctors told us to go ahead with the WV trip while we awaited scheduling and it has been a good decision. Working with ELLIE and our friends at paws4people foundation have been therapeutic for all of us. As always, we thank you all for your love, friendship, support, and PRAYERS! Thanks so much for all you do! We will keep you posted as we get more information on the events ahead. God Bless!

Susan