Post by blarneystone on Nov 13, 2006 15:48:31 GMT -5
Some of you know that my wife had surgery last monday.....
The surgery was performed to fuse a portion of the spine just below the old fusion which was done over 25 years ago. The surgery took just over 3 hours and the doctor seemed very pleased when we spoke to him just after. My wife was able to walk about 8 hours afterwards… the hospital staff seemed impressed and said that most patients will not even try to stand up that soon after.
I took the entire week off to stay with her at the hospital as she needed constant attention for the first few days. It was difficult for her to turn herself in bed and the nurses usually took about 30 minutes to respond after being summoned so I thought it would be best for me to stay in the hospital with her for the duration. Luckily just before I lost my mind they released her Thursday afternoon.
Her surgeon said that he didn’t know how she was able to get around at all with all of the nerves he found ‘squished’ (his word) between the bones.
The good news is that she does not have any of the nerve pain that she had before the surgery. The relief was immediate and seems to be permanent! We are still keeping our fingers crossed for a speedy recovery.
Well... I just wanted to let those who knew what was going on....
Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers.
Dan
The surgery was performed to fuse a portion of the spine just below the old fusion which was done over 25 years ago. The surgery took just over 3 hours and the doctor seemed very pleased when we spoke to him just after. My wife was able to walk about 8 hours afterwards… the hospital staff seemed impressed and said that most patients will not even try to stand up that soon after.
I took the entire week off to stay with her at the hospital as she needed constant attention for the first few days. It was difficult for her to turn herself in bed and the nurses usually took about 30 minutes to respond after being summoned so I thought it would be best for me to stay in the hospital with her for the duration. Luckily just before I lost my mind they released her Thursday afternoon.
Her surgeon said that he didn’t know how she was able to get around at all with all of the nerves he found ‘squished’ (his word) between the bones.
The good news is that she does not have any of the nerve pain that she had before the surgery. The relief was immediate and seems to be permanent! We are still keeping our fingers crossed for a speedy recovery.
Well... I just wanted to let those who knew what was going on....
Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers.
Dan
