Thank you all most sincerely

Nov 30, 2025

I am not quite sure how to reach everyone or even know how to start this so please bare with me. I want to thank each of you from the bottom of my heart and give you an update on Jovan.

Jovan is recovering now from this major brain sugery and the physician stated that it's a 6 month recovery time - brains heal very slowly, so we wait, subsequently he has began his therapy here at home. He has the insurance covered therpy and with the rest of your donations I am paying private therapists to help him with speech, occupational and physical therapies on the days insurance won't cover. Because of your generosity we are able to do this. GOD bless each of you. He may never walk again or have the use of his right side, they are not sure. But we are all hoping he can speak again. He has great aphasia and if we can relearn speaking this would be a huge improvement to his life. He is not speaking sentences yet but little words here and there and I really pray this comes back for him.

Your kindness supports every effort I have tried to make in 30 years to help him have a normal life. Imagine being ill for 30 years, it's been truly difficult for him and us. And as difficult as it is Jovan and I pull through make changes and we figure out his daily needs and living situation every time a new issue comes up, that's what everyone does right? Except each time we think of the boys first. Milan and Stevan have had a sick parent for almost all of their lives from infancy to adulthood it's really rough watching your dad sufffer. They grew up quite differently than most children. So thank you for praying for my boys too. Thank you for believing in us as your friends and making a huge difference in the lives of our sons, as well as the two of us. We have a lot of work to do and your generosity and prayers are helping us get that done.

If no improvement occurs - we at least removed a hard cyst 5.x7. out of his brain which needed to come out. The team at UPMC was amazing and as an RN I was extremely impressed. Remember I am a nuero ICU nurse so I was in my field and truly if you are sick, (and you know me) I am your biggest advocate in that setting. I will fight for you until my last breath, it's just who I am. So I was ready to fight, but they took that battle on for me. I didn't have to fight, they were on top of everything. I was so thankful and impressed with them.

Thank you again to each of you, with all of my heart for stepping up at a time when everyone is struggling with one thing or another. I know life is not perfect for all of you either. Gratitude lifts our eyes off the things we lack so we might see the blessings we possess and I truly see the blessings and feel them from all of you. I will never forget this and if I haven't be there for you in some capacity in the past, I sure hope I can help you when you need me to now. I don't care in which area of your life if you need me I am honored to help everyone. When we have our health we can struggle, and as I have learned with Jovan, when you are physically and mentally challenged you can't even struggle; one is isn't aware of what the struggle is. Oh but I am aware as I live it daily to provide for my 3 guys. Thank GOD for your freedom from illness, your freedom from caregiving, that is an entirely different life that we live. Really think about the beauty in your life, it changes your perspective when you have that freedom to live how you want to live.

I will never forget any of you and I will pray for you and your famlies always. I thank you for your grace, your compassion, your love. We are so appreciative of your gift and enabling us to provide Jovan another chance at living a normal life, if that is possible. Somehow, someway God will allow me to help you too in some way when you need me to. That will be my honor on behalf of my children, Jovan and myself. It has been 30 long hard years of illness with him, so sincerely I thank you for making it a little bit easier right now.

I pray you and your loved ones are always healthy, that you can always walk and talk and have a normal life, things we should never take for granted. Travel as much as you can, go see the wonders of this world, the beauty of nature and the smell of the amazing ocean every single chance you can. Make those memories with the people you love, you will never regret that. I miss traveling so much now. Life is very short, but God is very good. Don't give up when things are tough, never turn your back on God, He sees you, He hears you and the help comes in His time, not what you want but what you need, He knows better. I believe that with all my heart, beacause with all of my pain, sorrow and struggle, I am so blessed. My sons are the greatest blessings ever I couldn't have made it this far without them. You dear friends are the incredilble blessings that got us here and I will never forget this.

As I thank you friends, I always thank God as well for putting each and everyone of you into our lives. You all have a specific purpose in my life, in our lives. You are incredibly special people to me. Please accept my most heartfelt gratitude and appreciation. I send a part of my love from inside of my heart to each of you. May your heart be light and may you always be blessed. "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace" (Numbers 6:24-26). Thank you so very much. (Don't EVER hesitate to reach out to me if you need me, I will never turn my back at you, call, text email - let me know when you need anything I mean it). Together we can do many things, but with GOD all things are possible.

With love, gratitude, prayers, and humility, thank you so much; I love you all, Mileva

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