January 2016: "The Georges in Peru"

We just arrived in Lima!  We are pretty tired, since we left Amy's sister's place in Oahu Tuesday night around 9:15 pm, but we are here.  Amy's been doing much better.  No headaches today at all.  No seizures since the surgery!  (that makes traveling a lot easier, worry-wise)  Her main problem is that her right eye doesn't tear properly, so she has to add eye drops.  

Since we made the decision to move back to Peru two weeks ago, we have been busy boxing up things, changing addresses, getting vaccinations and medications, etc.  This morning my sister Carolyn and her husband Neal came to our house with their stock trailer ("You know you're a Redneck when... you use a horse trailer to move") and we loaded it with all of our US posessions.  We basically have two households of belongings:  One set that we have in Peru where we live 80% of the time and another set here in the USA for our times here.

I have a friend here in Omaha who looks like me. So much so that both of our mothers have mistaken us for the other one! Jerry is a veterinarian. Of course, this can be embarrassing and awkward for friends of ours after an exchange like this: “Hey! How’d the surgery turn out?” “Great! She had four healthy puppies!” “Wait. Are you Allen George?” “No. I’m Jerry.” Even my sister confused us on New Year’s Eve. Can you tell us apart? We’ll start with a hard one

Yesterday, Amy had a visit with her neurologist.  You're probably asking, "Why are there so many doctors?  How many more do you have to see?" Well, this is the last one.  His job is to manage Amy's seizures, which thankfully, she hasn't had any more of since the surgery.  We were happy that he suggested that after we get back to Peru and settled that Amy could try weaning off of Keppra, since the part of the brain that was causing the seizures was removed in her last surgery.  So, that is a very positive thing.

Today we received many affirming emails from the various SIM personnel leaders approving of our return to Peru.  I also met with Craig Walter, the  missions pastor from Christ Community Church this morning, who said that he supported our return if SIM approved of it.  So with those green lights we have purchased tickets to return to Peru!  We will be leaving Omaha on January 20th, stopping in Honolulu to visit Amy's sister's family on the way.  Her sister is a pediatrician in the army stationed in Honolulu.