Brianna-Jane's Journey

20/12/2024

A really cool thing happened today. Bri has been offered to attend the Qld Ballet for Brain injury saviours classes next year. Best bit is it will be fully funded :O

17/12/2024

The updates have been a bit overdue as we have been flat out with flooding under our house where our study area is :/ And unfortunately, we have lost one of our beautiful support workers to the angels after complicated medical issues :(. So, we have had to interview and try and find more workers as her and her daughter were working together to support Bri. And understandably her daughter has needed to take time of work.

On the good news tho, Bri's arm has healed without the need for surgery :D. And is now sling free after 10 weeks of being in it basically 24/7. She does have a little bit of bone sticking out like a bone spur on the humerus head, but this can be shaved down via keyhole surgery down the track if it causes issues. She will be starting physio after Christmas to get the range of motion back in the arm.

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20/10/2024

Just as we were finishing all the pre op stuff for Bri with the nurse the surgeon comes in. Head surgeon said no surgery as they don't think they can fix it much more than what it is healing as. More scans in 2 weeks to confirm. Talk about last minute. They had the OR ready for her and everything.

15/10/2024

Brianna's surgery is on Monday. Have to be there at 6am! Pre admission appointment tomorrow.

Please can this be the last hospital thing for a while. Only been dealing with one of us admitted each year since 2018!!! I need a break.

On a massive positive. Matt's scans and bloods came back. Still in remission from cancer :D .

14/10/2024

Surgery within the next two weeks to insert metal. May need another surgery down the track to remove metal once bone healed.

05/10/2024

We are home now. Seems like she just twinged a nerve that was already agitated.

I'm so ready for bed. Currently cleaning up a can of mother Jay gave me that burst in Bri's bag on the way home. Emptied everything onto the grass inside the gate and only bought important stuff up stairs lol. Rest can wait till tomorrow. Watching the dog dry reach ATM as well so no doubt I'm going to have dog puke to clean up soon. 😂. Microwave meals for dinner and hopefully a full night sleep. 🤞 Things can only get better can't they? If I don't laugh I'll cry.

05/10/2024

And we are back 😂😭. Bris arm slipped out of the sling while napping and now it feels like a different part of the arm is affected. 13 health said to go to hospital as it didn't sound right. So we are in the waiting room now. Thank f**k for travel mugs and coffee.

04/10/2024

Spot the difference :( .

Bri is now in a sling awaiting surgery on her arm. Yep when this girl does stuff she goes big! She tripped at home last night and now has two fractures/breaks in her humerus bone head. We are heading home with the fracture clinic next week and surgery in hopefully two weeks where she will have metal inserted to bring the bones together.

27/09/2024

Small win for the little people

24/09/2024

When you see this video it's hard to believe that the photo in the comments would be possible. Yes that's Bri having enough coordination to use chop sticks. :)

18/09/2024

Happy 24th Birthday to this super star ✨! 🎁🎈🎉

You are an amazing strong human being Brianna 💖. Never stop being you.

10/09/2024

Bri's surgery site is healing beautifully. Drain got removed last week. Vacuum pack removed today as it hadn't collected anything all week. Only basic dressings for another week that I can change at home if they get wet or damaged .And a follow up in about 3 weeks to check everything has healed properly. Considering the scar is from her belly button to her hip. She is healing fast.

Fingers crossed this is the last as we have been dealing with this since December and 4 surgeries later.