Text 36548, 58 rader
Skriven 2013-04-30 20:41:15 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 36505 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
Ärende: Surgery
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Hi Nancy,

 BF> Our best wishes to Steve for a good recovery.  We will have a prayer
 BF> for Steve in Church.

 RH> Thanks, he's home now, in a full back brace. He's hurting quite a bit
 RH> still but overall, a different kind of hurt from pre surgery. Recovery
 RH> is going to take a long time but we will work thru it one day at a
 RH> time. Right now he's under orders for no BLTs (bending, lifting or
 RH> twisting) but can enjoy the other version (bacon, lettuce and tomato).

 NB> So he's able to at least sit while in the brace...?  Our church has

He can sit but is supposed to get up every so often and move around.
He's also supposed to sit only on chairs with arms for support, and also
a firm seat as opposed to a soft one. Most of the time he uses the
rocking chair, his computer chair (an office one) or a captain's chair
at the table. Sometimes he will sit on the love seat, but not extended
times.


 NB> been praying for him also, and I've given the update that the surgery
 NB> went

Recovery is going well. He saw the doctor today for the first post
op/post discharge visit. X-rays showed all appears to be healing well
and the doctor is pleased with the progress. He graduated from the
walker to a cane and is now allowed to drive around town & shower,
getting his back wet. He's also walking a bit more each day, now going
all the way around the (short) block.

 NB> well, so now prayers continue for the recovery period..  :)  Food
 NB> BLT's might almost make up for not being allowed the motion ones... ;)
 NB>  All in good time, though...  :)

We had BLTs with turkey bacon for supper the other night. Not quite the
same as pork bacon (by a long shot!) but it was defrosted and the pork
wasn't. Anyway, the surgery didn't hurt the appetite once he "woke up".

 NB> I saw that you saw your new doc, too, and that he wasn't upset with
 NB> Steve's ruling on the insulin.  :)  Since the pancreatitis was brought
 NB> on by the steroids, perhaps it was indeed only a temporary thing, and
 NB> now your body will set itself to rights now...  :)

Looks that way, I'm still watching the carb intake and checking the
blood glucose twice a day, just as a precautionary measure.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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