This was the Facebook post of a friend of mine this past week. The flooding here has been crazy.
The damage the rain has done is unbelievable. Roads are literally washed away from raging rivers. Towns are under water. People have died. This is so crazy.
We were supposed to have a follow up appointment in Denver for Piper's surgery last Friday. We ended up calling to cancel because so many roads were closed due to flooding... Including the freeway. The freeway! It was flooded. You know it's bad when the freeway is under water. We spent Friday in our house because it was advised that if we didn't need to drive anywhere we shouldn't Casey couldn't make it to work because all the roads were flooded. His worked sent out mass emails cancelling work so he stayed home with us.
All weekend and this week we have heard helicopters flying over head. They are taking supplies and evacuating people (from what I am guessing) to the hard-hit canyon towns where their only road out has been washed away. It sounds like a war zone.
Instead of posting pictures of all the crazy flooding, I'll just let my friend Kylee do the work on her blog. She did a pretty good job collecting pictures and videos. Thanks Kylee.
We were able to make it to Denver on Monday and Piper's shunt looks great. No sign of hemorrhaging in her brain (her neurosurgeon was concerned this might happen because her ventricles were so large-he thought they might collapse after the shunt was put in). She had her 3rd MRI and her ventricles have gotten smaller. Hooray.
Although she is still hesitant to lay on her shunt, we are getting back to our physical therapy routine of tummy time, tracking objects and neck strengthening routines. We work hard and sometimes she tires out while on her play mat. I think this is her telling me she has had enough.
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