4/23/19

It was a long night for both of us. The anesthesia started wearing off so the actual pain was really manifesting itself. She felt so good after surgery she kept saying she was fine to go home today and we even played a game of clue but as the anesthesia wore off it all came on. She’s been able to keep it under control with the morphine which she has to use each time they rotate her. We were up every few hours for that. 

We saw the surgeon this morning and he reiterated how pleased he was with how well the surgery went and discussed how the next few days will go which doesn’t sound very fun. She will start PT this afternoon which is where the hard work really begins. She wants it to happen though because she said it brings her closer to coming home. We’ll see how she feels about it after. 

As we’ve been rotating her I’ve been able to see her back better and shoulders and have been surprised at the difference. At first she kept asking to be moved because she felt like she was sitting crooked but it’s because her spine is straight now that she feels off. Pretty crazy how our mind can control how we feel. All of her muscles are adjusting to the change as well and she keeps saying shes feels sore like she’s been walking all day. The spasms have started today and they are giving her muscle relaxers for that. 

We just met with PT and they will come back this afternoon to start therapy. Because she had to be given more blood they gave her allergy medication so between that, the morphine, and muscle relaxers she’s pretty out of it. She keeps waking up periodically and saying funny things. She just told me a funny knock knock joke and then went right back to sleep. Praying PT goes well this afternoon. One day at a time!