On January 3, 2015, Alex undergoes high-risk surgery to remove a quarter of his brain. The operation goes well, so much so that Alex and Linda dare to rethink their biggest dream: a child. But when Linda is nearly seven months pregnant, Alex unexpectedly goes very badly and they have bad news: her head tumor is back.
Again an important operation follows, from which Alex emerges with paralysis on the left side of the body and an intense period of rehabilitation follows. A few weeks after the surgery, Linda gives birth to her son Aaron. Since doctors cannot provide a prognosis, the family enjoys every day together. But it’s not always easy, Linda writes in a new blog on the site On my corpse. Especially now that Alex will soon have another MRI.
Normally Alex does the MRI at the end of November and Linda explains the results at the beginning of December. Now the MRI is on December 12 and the results on December 15. “This already makes us nervous,” she writes. Linda continues: ‘On Friday 13 December 2013 we announced our intention to get married. I know, it sounds very idiotic: who’s getting married on Friday the 13th … us. We will be together for 13 years next year. On Saturday 13 December 2014, Alex had his first seizure and on 17 December 2014 we learned that a brain tumor had been found in Alex’s head. ‘
“For eight years after this black week in 2014, we never had the MRI and the results in the week of December. What’s also bizarre is that Alex underwent another surgery on his growing tumor on December 14, 2015. The days between 12 and 17 December are therefore very delicate. In reality we are not superstitious, but it all seems very complicated. “
Also, Alex recently had some bad weeks and is in so much pain that the daily actions are already too much. “The realization that Dad will never get better is luckily not with Aaron yet… I think. And I have my fight. I hate seeing Alex like that, “Linda honestly admits to her blog.
While it’s actually “bizarre” according to Linda that Alex is still there, she is confident for December. ‘Otherwise, we’ll go through that tricky phase again or a bad flashback. The three of us can face the world together, ‘she concludes.
