Today is my mom's back surgery day. She's having C5 and C6 worked on...something about cervical fusion...cervical disks...I'm so confused. I woke up at 4:30 this morning, and that's the extent of the information I retained from the surgeon, nurses, and anesthesiologist. Basically, she's had lots of back pain in the past six months, weakness in her left arm (as in she has almost no strength to lift or grip things), and oodles of headaches.
A couple months back, she had a myelography, which is essentially where they insert ionizing radiation in her spine, and see what happens. The myelography procedure produces a myelogram, x-ray images that identify where there is an injury. Mom had a terrible reaction to the procedure, and ended up vomiting for more than 12 hours before Josh and I drove her to the ER. She was admitted to the hospital and stayed there for two days in an effort to reduce the vomiting and control her headaches. Watching her in pain and not being able to do anything was torture. I'm sure this would be the same feeling she would have if something happened to me.
Anyway, today is the day when we hopefully get rid of all her pain. Obviously, the surgery will leave some pain in the next couple of days, but she'll feel better soon...and that's all I care about. About 57 minutes ago, she was wheeled away to surgery. By 11 AM, she should be out of surgery and in recovery until about 5:30 tomorrow morning. If you have a second, say a little prayer for her. I need her around for a long time, so hopefully this surgery helps her feel better for that long time.
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