My wonderful, 86 year old Grammy has been having terrible back pain for the last 12 weeks - as I understand it, she (at some point, not sure when) fractured her back. The drs have been trying to deal with it through medication, which has only been making her sick. Grammy has always been active, and up until 12 weeks ago, went to Jazzercise 3 times a week! This injury has really been hard on her. She now can't stand, let alone walk, and is in just terrible pain. About a week ago, her dr (with my dad's prodding!) finally admitted her to the hospital, and to make a long story short, she will be having a Lumbar Lamenectomy tomorrow morning. This surgery is to remove bone fragments that are lodged in her spinal chord, causing all of this havoc. The surgery should last 3 hrs, and will be performed by two surgeons. Please pray for all to go smoothly, and for peace for my Grammy. I know that she's nervous, knows thatGod is watching over her. It's hard to be so far away, so this is what I can do. I'll update tomorrow with news! (The surgery will be at 10am North Carolina time, so 7am our time)
Clarification from mom : "she will have a thoracic laminectomy (probably between waist and bra strap generally speaking) where they will remove the bone fragments and she will also have lumbar surgery apparently to repair or remove the bad disks...at any rate to stabilize the lower spine so she has the stability and the strength to be able to walk. Apparently, they are going to try to "wire" her spine together in some fashion. One dr is a neurosurgeon who will focus on preventing damage to the spinal cord...the other is an orthopedic surgeon."
Here she is in April on her first cruise to Mexico with my mom :
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I will be thinking of your Grammy and hope that everything goes well. I think I met her years ago when you lived in Turlock. I called her grandma and you got mad because she wasnt my grandma. :) She said that it was okay to call her grandma because that was the only name I knew her to have.
Oh yeah...! I remember her from Jodie's wedding. Such a neat lady. And jazzercise? Heck...I'm only going to be 31 and I couldn't handle THAT! haha Poor thing. Sounds like she is one tough cookie though. Will definitely keep her in prayers.
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