Over the last few weeks, there has been some small improvements, so I want to be sure to share them now:

Below is a portion of my update that I sent to family and friends one year ago today, after Isobel's disastrous surgery on October 28th, 2025.

Today Isobel had an MRI/MRA (angiogram via magnetic imaging) which showed no growth of an AVM and no signs of infection. As we approach the one year mark, I asked the question of what can be expected based on where she is now. The answer, we already knew; most healing is usually done in the first year. We have not seen a lot, so that is a pin in the balloon, but as I think about it, she has defied the odds twice and is still here among us. So, I heard today that we have essen

She has been coming off medications, which has sometimes brought her less agitation in her stomach, but over the past few weeks, she was back to being under a lot of strain in her digestive track again because one of the drugs she came off of has a side effect of diarrhea…, so again, one step forward, one step back.