After a couple real hikes in 2004, I thought 2005 would be our year to get out and explore new adventures. I was wrong, very wrong!
The
year started out with a surgery to remove the hardware from Kellisa hips. The
six week recovery period was as brutal as the original surgery. Thankfully, The
Wiggles were there to help Kellisa through another difficult six weeks.
We
attended a Wiggles concert when they played a show in Jacksonville. Kellisa had
the time of her life. During the encore, I carried Kellisa towards the stage
where she caught the eye of her favorite Wiggle, Murray. She blew him a kiss
and he returned the kiss.
Our entire summer was spent in doctor's offices, emergency rooms, and hospital rooms as Kellisa
spent months fighting high fevers again. Just like 2003, the doctors
couldn’t find a cause and every scan came back with a good looking shunt. Kellisa’s new Jacksonville neurosurgeon even tapped the
shunt early in the process and ruled out any possibility of a shunt infection.
The doctors tested for everything, including HIV/AIDS. After several months, the fevers went away as suddenly as they appeared without explanation.
