It's 7:17 p.m. and I just got discharged from Heartland and settled into our hotel. I am wore out, shaky, sore & tired. I didn't get much sleep last night, someone thought it would be a great idea to vaccuum at 4:00 a.m. right outside our door. I sat around most of today waiting for Dr. Fiegenbaum to show up and check on me, he showed up at 5:15 p.m. and it took about an hour to get discharged. The trip to our hotel (1 mile) was very hard, every bump I felt. I am dreading the drive home tomorrow, but want to see my kids so badly. It is going to be a long 4 1/2hour long drive home tomorrow. I have to take lots of breaks, getting out and walking. Dr. F. asked me if I felt any better and I told him that my main complaint was bending down and that is one of the things I can't do for a while. No bending, twisting, baths, driving, picking up anything heavier than a gallon of milk for 3-4 weeks. I don't know if I am any better yet. I do know that I had horrible knee pain since Thanksgiving and that pain is no longer present since surgery.
I have a 4 inch incision in my back and I can feel my nerves waking up, I have some shooting pains going on, but my main pain is the plate and screws in my back. I am on vicodin every 4-6 hours. He also de-tethered my spinal cord and sent that off to the lab for analysis. Only time will tell if the surgery was successful.
I have a follow-up appointment on Jan. 8th at 12:30 p.m. in K.C., MO at Dr. F.'s office.
Now it's time for me to start healing, I will be taking it easy for quite some time. Merry Christmas to all if I don't see you around the holidays.
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