The Rosie Report: Back to the Shrine, and Au Revoir, Dr. Rixe

Friday, April 6, 2012

Back to the Shrine, and Au Revoir, Dr. Rixe

Today Mom and Dad went back to St. Mary's of the Woods. I never posted about their original visit-- I had grand schemes to do a little video interview with Mom and have her tell the story-- but the short version is that they visited the shrine there, and Sister Diane prayed with them. Shortly after that is when the tumor disappeared. So they returned today on a little mission of Thanksgiving. I'll get the full update from them tomorrow and maybe do that video interview after all. But Dad asked me to post to let folks know they took the trip.

In other news, Dr. Rixe is moving on. Here is the story, from Dad:

Greetings,

Rose spent Wednesday morning taking test and the afternoon see doctors. Rose got a good report. The Scans revealed that the tumor in the back of her brain (that was treated in early January) was still visible, but much smaller. Both Rixe and Guarnaschelli were very pleased. Plan is to check every three months.

However, we were shocked when Dr. Rixe told us he had taken another position in Georgia. At the end of the appointment I asked the “fellows” to leave the room. The main reason was I wanted to speak with Dr. Rixe alone about Sister Theodore’s “contribution”. It was the first time we had discussed Sister Theodore Guerin with any one on her medical team in Cincinnati. Dr. Rixe was totally receptive. That opened up wonderful discussion about how many things factor in to the healing process. Twice he said the family, friends and community support was “huge”. He made us, once again, feel good inside. We hugged him and said goodbye, knowing we would never see him again. As we traveled home the reality sank in. He lead the charge that played a big part in saving Rose. We hate to see him go. On the flip side, Dr. Guarnashelli will take the lead. We do feel good about that. Josh McKensey is back working with her.

Happy and thankful for every minute.

With appreciation and love

Paul and Rose

P.S. Feel free to forward to any and everyone !

1 comment:

LindaApril 9, 2012 at 6:03 PM
so good to see the update hope to give hugs all around in person soon...heading down to the farm, I hope, in a few weeks .
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