Hey everyone,
Just wanted to let everyone know that I am finally out of the hospital. I came home to my mom & dad's house wednesday afternoon. Josh and I are staying here for a bit so that I can have someone with me and josh can continue to work. Surgery went well, the surgeon said he got all the tumor he could see, which is great. They did end up removing one of the rods in my back, and ended up putting a longer one back in because they could not use the same holes from the first one.
I had a few rough days in the hosptial with headaches. Since they were working around my spinal cord, there must have been some slight spinal fluid leackage. That mixed with the drain they had in my back caused me to have what some refer to as a "spinal headache" (I have had this once before after a procedure where they put iodine in my spinal fluid to do a scan before cyberknife). Basically the only way I could get releif was to lay flat on my back with not much light and an ice pack on my head. Any time I had to get up to go to the bathroom or anything, my head would pound. Once they took the drain out, things started to get better, and today I have not had any headache (knocking on wood). Mom and Josh were great with me in the hospital, basically playing tag team on staying with me.
There is a company coming to the house tomorrow to fit me with some kind of back brace my doctor wants me to wear. I did not have on after my first back surgery, so I am unfamiliar with what it will be like. I go back to see the surgeon on 10/16. My group of doctors have also recommended I get both the regular flu shot and the swine flu shot, so I am going to my primary doc tomorow to get blood drawn to make sure all my levels are high enough to get these shots.
I want to thank everyone for they prayers for Josh and I and our families.
I am trying to get as much rest as possible so I can heal and get back on my feet.
I am sure there is something I have forgotten, but I just wanted to get and update out to let people know what is going on with me, and whay my prayer needs are.
Take Care,
Hattie
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