Hi all, Corri here. I'll be letting you all know how Abby is doing as she starts recovery. For those of you who don't know, today, May 19 2011, Abby had a Lumbar Disectamey as a solution to the herniated disk in her back. A pretty big surgery for such a young girl. After going into surgery at 11:50 a.m. she came out at 1:45 p.m., and went into recovery for an hour. Dad was here to greet her when she came out, I unfortunately had to go to school. Over the course of the day she had many visitors to keep her company and lift her spirits. She has a incision about five inches long on her lower back. The biggest excitement after the procedure is her ability to feel her left foot and there is no pain in her left leg. We thought that day may never come after the five months of waiting. There is still pain in her back, as to be expected. She received more medicine to help about ten minutes ago, and she is drifting off to sleep.
When I arrived today, around 9 p.m., for the first time in a long, and I mean LONG time, Abby said to me, "This is going to make me better". This makes me confident that God sent us to surgery for a reason, he gave us the best, most skilled doctor we could have asked for. Finally, Abby can see the light at the end of this tunnel, though she has a very long road ahead of her, with help from family, friends, and God of course, she will make it and be back to her normal self by next year.
Please continue to include Ab in your prayers, recovery is going to be challenging.
Thanks, Corrigan (a.k.a the baby)
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Lumbar Discectomy
So it has been awhile since I have updated. I have been busy with the boys I take care of, the lake opening, and...my back!
Tomorrow morning, Mom and I will head to St. Luke's, for my hopefully final step of these herniated discs I have. I will be having a lumbar discectomy, which means they will go in my back, shave away some of my bone, to make more room for my nerves, and then fix my disc, and spinal canal which had a slight tare in it from the disc pushing out into it. That will (we pray) fix my leg pain, and back pain! :)
Anyone who knows me even a little, knows that I am terrible with anxiety, even when it comes to little events, let alone..a back surgery. So, the past week I have been trying to stay very busy, kind of dove head first into my lake stuff trying to make sure to have it all done in time for this. I will be taking a little over a week off work down at the lake, and my boys will be with my Best Friends, Sarah, also my boss, Tina, is arranging a lot of stuff to make up for me being gone. I cant say thanks enough to the both of them, without them, my mom, Ben, and Corri, I probably would have cancelled surgery already. But to say the least, I am nervous, and scared. Everyone has told me to have faith, which I always do. I just know that this is going to fix me, after surgery, I will return to my ass kicking therapist Jake, who I hate...a lot, but love at the same time. I have been with him since January 13, three times a week. He has helped me loose weight, get stronger, and help with a lot of the pain. He believes that this surgery is the right thing for me, so..i believe him!
All I want to ask is that if you read this, just include me in your prayers. I am very nervous, I will be honest. I am scared for when I wake up in recovery, I will not see my mom, which I more so feel bad for the nurses. I am scared for life after, and recovery process. I am scared of the brace, and looking like a freak show. And I am scared I will get depressed sitting around the house waiting to heal. To Kaylee and Carson, i go by Abby go go. I go alllll the time. There is always things to be done, money to be made, fun to be had, and beer to be drank in the life as Abby. I just hope I learn to relax, breath, and heal...fast! :)
But I will be turning my blog over to My little sister, and best friend Corri. Who will keep everyone updated during this process and stay at the hospital. I could be there anywhere from 1-3 days.
Thanks beforehand for the prayers and thoughts, hopefully as soon as they put me under, my good friend Dan will be there to comfort be and pull me thru this. I know hes watchin out for me in a better place. Keepin' me and everyone else safe. No doubt he will keep me strong thru this adventure.
Tomorrow morning, Mom and I will head to St. Luke's, for my hopefully final step of these herniated discs I have. I will be having a lumbar discectomy, which means they will go in my back, shave away some of my bone, to make more room for my nerves, and then fix my disc, and spinal canal which had a slight tare in it from the disc pushing out into it. That will (we pray) fix my leg pain, and back pain! :)
Anyone who knows me even a little, knows that I am terrible with anxiety, even when it comes to little events, let alone..a back surgery. So, the past week I have been trying to stay very busy, kind of dove head first into my lake stuff trying to make sure to have it all done in time for this. I will be taking a little over a week off work down at the lake, and my boys will be with my Best Friends, Sarah, also my boss, Tina, is arranging a lot of stuff to make up for me being gone. I cant say thanks enough to the both of them, without them, my mom, Ben, and Corri, I probably would have cancelled surgery already. But to say the least, I am nervous, and scared. Everyone has told me to have faith, which I always do. I just know that this is going to fix me, after surgery, I will return to my ass kicking therapist Jake, who I hate...a lot, but love at the same time. I have been with him since January 13, three times a week. He has helped me loose weight, get stronger, and help with a lot of the pain. He believes that this surgery is the right thing for me, so..i believe him!
All I want to ask is that if you read this, just include me in your prayers. I am very nervous, I will be honest. I am scared for when I wake up in recovery, I will not see my mom, which I more so feel bad for the nurses. I am scared for life after, and recovery process. I am scared of the brace, and looking like a freak show. And I am scared I will get depressed sitting around the house waiting to heal. To Kaylee and Carson, i go by Abby go go. I go alllll the time. There is always things to be done, money to be made, fun to be had, and beer to be drank in the life as Abby. I just hope I learn to relax, breath, and heal...fast! :)
But I will be turning my blog over to My little sister, and best friend Corri. Who will keep everyone updated during this process and stay at the hospital. I could be there anywhere from 1-3 days.
Thanks beforehand for the prayers and thoughts, hopefully as soon as they put me under, my good friend Dan will be there to comfort be and pull me thru this. I know hes watchin out for me in a better place. Keepin' me and everyone else safe. No doubt he will keep me strong thru this adventure.
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