Amanda Frank

Cyprus High Grad- June 6, 2013. ♫♪Music Scholarship @ Snow College '13-'14, until chronic illnesses took their toll, now #TheRecoveringAthlete fighting to heal!

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

Just posted a photo @ Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital https://t.co/kGBtKghVsc

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/khJEWYss9K

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/BAA1PkOSt3

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

Just posted a photo @ Intermountain LDS Hospital https://t.co/BM8soLI4v0

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

Hi, friends! It's been a while so I thought I'd update.
My Facebook memories came up today with these first two photos from 3 years ago today (though it's midnight so technically yesterday...too slow...). I love… https://t.co/DjtGWnHzs2

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

(warning, some wounds shown)
In Jr High, I went to girls camp with my church. I cut my hand with a hatchet & had to get stitches. My best friend Kayla helped me get through it & eventually, she convinced me that my… https://t.co/NQAnOgfCDs

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

Yesterday, instead of the daily walk I've been trying to keep doing, my mom & I colored with chalk in the hot sun when some friends saw us & stopped for a 6ft apart visit! I love these guys & their amazing momma! I… https://t.co/D1BeNKoKBD

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

I would never have posted these...but I was inspired. Y'all, go follow @CallieDixon she's awesome & has such a skill for a writing...like, I wish I could articulate my thoughts & get my point out there the way she… https://t.co/DcVPl7Dw1k

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

Hello, my friends! Sorry I've been absent on this account since my last post while in New York. I have been enjoying being home (if you missed it, I came home at the end of March in a tiny leer jet medi-flight &… https://t.co/7erLKAsg0f

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

Today is my 50th day inpatient. Today is also my 5th time in the OR for my 5th surgical procedure.
On March 12th, after my bolt was removed & my neurosurgeon's team did some tests with my c-collar I brought from… https://t.co/LScL6cRAqd

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

Got my port re-accessed...
Heading to the OR sometime this morning for yet another ICP bolt to be monitored (had 2 last year), so hoping this one goes well like the 2nd one did before (no "oops-ies"), then hoping… https://t.co/RbJAjFuxne

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

What a week! I had some wonderful friends come be visitors on Wednesday for a pre-op priesthood blessing my for my styloidectomy on Thursday. It was a 6hr surgery with a 4hr seizure after.
I also have received… https://t.co/fNOgZUbIkG

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

Surgery today! 3rd one since I got here this time. I promise I'm not trying to make this a habit!
Styloidectomy day is today, though, & it sounds like early morning! I'm ready. My dad is here; he & a friend we've… https://t.co/S7ZgLFoh2C

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

Yesterday, Feb 19th:
Amanda was exhausted in the 1st photo. She had just finished PT & pushed herself as far as she could go, but she did it!
Photo #2: Nate, standing by Amanda, got discharged from the hospital… https://t.co/boRAjtLoAp

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

February 15th:
"After 19 days in the hospital and 14 days in the Critical Care Unit, Amanda got a new room in the Step Down Unit this morning. Below, is a picture of her leaving the CCU. Yesterday, she had pain… https://t.co/sGcbtdkL6Z

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

***WARNING: final photo has open wound showing from my emergency hand+carpal tunnel surgery last week when I was sedated & intubated for a few days. Yesterday, I borrowed the beautiful words of krisluvsem to lead… https://t.co/UfijeYJmH6

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

Reposted from krisluvsem Talking about trials openly can be a challenge. Perhaps it is because when we are hurting it is hard to believe that anyone could possibly understand the heartache we carry or the pain… https://t.co/RMUXQsRlzZ

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

This is what I just looked down to. My arm swelled up like crazy!
At least a vein a day has collapsed/blown away...
My poor veins seem to have had enough & that last bit of IV fluids+meds was the last straw this… https://t.co/MWAd3AJ38X

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

Due to continued seizures even on light sedation, Amanda is now on even more sedation. She had a lot of back spasms above her incision/below her fusion & that has usually caused more seizures, but they were proactive… https://t.co/T4hAqBhB7I

[Amanda Frank @Recover_Athlete]

The machine that is now supposed to provide even more sedation. Amanda has slept better through the night but we will see what today brings. Today the lady came to take Amanda's blood for labs & Amanda was near tears… https://t.co/OXgv2BVhyu