Teri made it through surgery in about 3 hours and her Dr. was very pleased with the outcome. He removed her L-5 disk and replaced it with a piece of clear plastic that her other bones will fuse to. He also inserted two titanium screws to hold everything in place. She’s doing well but is having some trouble getting strong enough pain medication. They are prescribing several different drugs along with some anti-inflammatory meds. Tomorrow she will begin walking and wearing her back brace. So far we are pleased with outcome and plan to be released from the hospital on Wednesday morning. I’ll post any new information as we have it.
Thanks for all the kind texts, emails and calls today.
We are especially grateful for Wendy who sat with me at the hospital, to Audrea for her visit, to James for keeping up with the dogs and to Jadi for delivering dinner.
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