I just got back from the hospital, and Jan isn't doing well at all. Over the last year, she's lost the use of her legs and hands, and for the last few
months, she's been getting weaker and weaker. This afternoon, I finally managed to mover her out of her wheelchair, and found a HUGE bedsore on her
backside, which she'd been hiding from me. I called EMS and got her to the hospital, where she was finally admitted at about 1AM. Contrary to what her
doctors have been telling us for months, the Doc at the hospital thinks it might be Lou Gehrigs disease. She took it well, but I'm sitting here at home
bawling like a damn baby. After 35 years, I can't sleep without her here, and I was just getting in the way at the hospital. I have to be here tomprrow
because there's a medical hoist being delivered here that I ordered about a week ago, and I have to get the house ready for her to come home (soon, I
hope). Thank God we still have medical insurance! I've been unemployed for just over a year now, mainly because I've been taking care of her, hoping
she would get better. We've always been close, but the last year we've been basically in the same room 24/7. At least she'll get some sleep
tonight, as they sedated her. Tomorrow they decide if she'll need skin grafts or not.
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GOD, I hope there's somebody still around here!
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Posts: 639 (10/05/09 12:46 PM) |
Wow,, so sorry to hear this.
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Posts: 148 (10/06/09 09:01 PM) |
Man, what a rough year for both of you. I don't know what to say other than I hope things get better for you and Jan.
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Posts: 2150 (10/07/09 10:36 PM) |
Cyrano, Sorry to hear about your wife. You've always been one of my favorite posters in the underground. I wish you and your family the best of luck.
You'll be in my prayers.
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Posts: 2943 (10/08/09 09:37 AM) ezOP |
Wow man sorry to hear about this!! My thoughts and prarers are with you and Jan!!
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Posts: 1831 (10/10/09 10:01 PM) |
Well, we finally got some answers. Jan has spinal stenosis, which means that her spinal canal has been narrowing, pinching off her spinal cord, which resulted
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paralysis from the neck down. They will need to do surgery on her backside before they can do the spinal surgery, but before that they have to do a colostomy so her wounds won't get contaminated. The docs estimate two to three months in the hospital, followed by a long convalescence as an outpatient. The good news is that she'll recover most of the mobility in her arms and hands, but might be in a wheelchair for life. |
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Posts: 150 (10/12/09 11:49 AM) |
That sounds like good news compared to the many other possibilities. I wish her well and hope for a full recovery.
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Posts: 1833 (10/12/09 02:32 PM) |
Just spoke to the surgeon....Jan's first surgery will be this thursday, a diverting colostomy.
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Posts: 152 (10/14/09 02:31 PM) |
Good luck with this procedure tomorrow. I hope it is the beginning of all good things to come out of this.
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Posts: 7688 (10/14/09 05:53 PM) Administrator |
Cyrano,
I am so sorry to hear this news. I hope that the surgery went well. You are both in my thoughts and prayers. Chris   The party never ends, it just changes locations.
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