We will keep you and your family in our prayers. Hang in there hopefully things are on the up hill now. No surgery is fun.
I hope I did not come across like your situation is a great thing. I just know how much of a relief it is to find a possible answer to back problems. I wish you all did not have to deal with this at all....and I am certainly praying for God's strength to sustain you.
Lorna, you mentioned not getting much "school" in, lately. Sometimes the best education we can give our children is learning how to cope with life's ups and downs in a graceful manner. Sometimes it's exemplifying how to find "rest" in times of stress. And sometimes, it might be just finding ways to survive and keep on keeping on in times of crisis. Just do what needs doing next, and trust God to fill in all the "gaps." True education is so much more than book work! I pray you find peace in whatever you do or do not get done during these days. That part's OK. God won't hold you responsible for more than you can do!
Thanks Thanks for all the prayers and support. When they got in Scott's back they found a ruptured disk that they didn't even know was in there. They were looking at a hernitated disk. They fixed the ruptured disk and it seems to have worked. He has feeling in his toes and leg again. I brought him home today and he is doing fair for all he has been thru. While at the hospital he had horrible spasms because the doctor forgot to give him the spasm medicine and the nurses didn't call him for it. Once the medicine issue was taken care of it helped alot. The spasms were just like when I had back labor with my boys. It was so bad for him and I told Scott we didn't even get a baby for the pain. LOL Lorna
Lorna You should of got something for all the pain. LOL I am glad he is home and hope and pray everything goes well.
I hope this will be the end of his ordeal and he can begin to heal and get back to life. I am sorry he had to go through all that pain...but hopefully it is all behind him now. Thanks for the update...
Thank you, Lorna, for the update. Wow! You even had a little humor there! That's admirable! Keep on being strong for your family. You're doing great!
Yes, I know what you mean! Sometimes if you wouldn't laugh, you'd have to cry! An older man once visited us who had just had a stroke. He seemed extra cheerful and laughed a lot, even though it was still hard for him to walk or steady himself enough to sit on a kitchen chair. Once, during the conversation, he said something like, "You might wonder why I'm laughing so much... Well, most people tend to cry a lot after a stroke, because the emotional part of the brain is often damaged. But I know that the emotional part contains both laughter and tears, sorrow and joy, so pardon me if it seems inappropriate, but I have just decided to laugh instead of cry!"
That is the way I feel too. I have cried enough tears over the past months. This has been a long ordeal for our family. May seems like a lifetime ago to me.
Lorna: Hangin there we are praying for you all? Let us know if theres anything we can do? I hope and pray your dh is getting better ever day. I understand he has a ways to go but each and every day hopefully will be easier for you all.
Lorna- make sure he takes his pain meds properly. My sister just had back surgery. She went through h*ll with pain because she was trying not to take the morphine they gave her. The nurses told her she must take that as well as the lighter pain reliever, and after she did she got some relief. Her surgery was 4 weeks ago and she's able to get around with minimal assistance. She used a cane with those short legs at the bottom, at first. It helped her to feel more stable. She was able to bathe almost right away. She can't lift anything heavier than a milk jug. I'm still praying.
Lorna, I'm glad your DH will be on the way to getting better. I'm glad they figured out what it was. I hope things will get back to normal in a timely manner for all of you. I'd send a letter with your DH's issues to the doctor that wouldn't do anything!
I have already thought about sending a letter to the other doctor. I would need someone with less emotion to write the letter so it would be nice but in reality she needs to know there was a problem. At this point he can't lift anything over a glass. He can take a shower with some help. He has a waterproof bandage on the cut. He is taking his medicines. He needs them really badly at this point. Lorna
Lorna, I hope your husband had a good day and that the bad days are almost over for him. I was reading back over this thread and saw where someone's friend had said, "I have decided to laugh instead of cry" and it really hit home for me. We just found our our unofficial grandson, who wears hearing aids, is going to have to wear glasses. Then we found out why. He is legally blind on top of being deaf without his aids. So now I am going to try to laugh with our beautiful babyboy instead of crying. Funny how words meant for someone else can touch your heart. Beth
Oh Lorna, how I haven't missed so much. I just got back in game here. I am so sorry about your husband. I will certainly pray for him and your family. Many many prayers to you!
