I think I’m still in shock from this appointment. I’m not going to lie, I cried. I cried enough that my nose ran- and inside a mask, that is decidedly unpleasant. But I’m getting ahead of myself. I was scared of this appointment. Maybe not afraid, per se, but very, Read more…
I don’t have a whole lot of good to say, so I will make this short and to the point. (I also don’t have a lot of pictures, since my phone died. Sorry.) 2nd McFarland Bypass (Surgery Date 12.2.2019) 2 months Post-Op AP View This x-ray looks re-markedly similar to Read more…
Today, Amy is 5.5 weeks post-op. Her visit with Cammie to fix her brace at Hanger, was a week ago. I kept waiting for her to pop out of her chair like a jack in the box, but she didn’t. Tuesday 1/14 I got a message from her teacher, who Read more…
Amy absolutely astounds me. Her recovery from this surgery has really been night and day different from her last time. At 4 days Post-Op, she was pretty much her old self. She had only taken a single dose of narcotic medication since discharge and was happily on Tylenol. She was Read more…
12/10 5:00am It begins. I’m on my phone. Not terribly nervous, but can’t sleep. Waiting for the numbers to click to 5am. It finally does, and the alarm rings. Okay. We’ve got this. We dress, with terse words between Amy’s Dad and I. Snipping and back biting happen, stress – Read more…
So, here we are. The long awaited day, here at last. (Almost!) After dropping off Amy’s Little Brother at preschool, we got in the car, and headed to Stanford. (We are so unbelievably thankful for our amazing support system at home!) Moments into the trip, we heard choking, then retching Read more…
Okay, so we have a plan. Stanford called. (Okay, I got impatient and called.) So, the plan: Surgery is on Tuesday, December 10th. The plan is to spend 1-2 nights in the hospital, so hopefully we will be discharged on Thursday. We had some room to play with pre-op, so Read more…
I feel like we have waited ages for thie appointment. Amy has been out of school, but then suddenly over the weekend, she seemed to be better. She even said she didn’t want to take her wheelchair to see Dr. Frick. She was really mad when I insisted. But I Read more…
Here we are. Exactly 2 weeks from my last post. Exactly 1 day after hugging my baby while she cried, because I don’t have the power to make it stop hurting. For the last two weeks, she has spent more and more time in her chair. Every day for the Read more…
I caved. I wrote Dr. Frick early, told him about the bone grafts, and my confusion. He returned my email in less than 4 hours. Impressive!!! Here is his reply: I did speak w Dr Karol- she recommended bone grafting the site that has not healed. She does not typically Read more…