Walking After SDR Surgery

February 2, 2010

The neurosurgeon said to give Ellie 4-6 weeks for her to be able to use her walker for walking.

Well, it’s only been ONE week, and look here. . .

Ellie using walker one week after SDR Surgery!

Ellie using walker one week after SDR Surgery!

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Getting around with a walker only ONE week after SDR surgery!

Getting around with a walker only ONE week after SDR surgery!

She looks like she is concentrating hard, but she is DOING it!!!

It’s going to be sooooo exciting to see what a difference the SDR surgery makes in the coming weeks!

Go Ellie!

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Wow, less than a week, and Ellie is already home!

I don’t know the details yet of how the trip home went, as it seems they came home to no phone and no internet service.  Auntie C was kind enough to let me know they all got home okay.

Hopefully, more details tomorrow!

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The schedule went as planned and Ellie got to leave the hospital yesterday afternoon!

Of course she’s still sore, and not moving much. 

She’s also a little upset her body won’t do what it did before.  She wanted to play on the floor like she did before the surgery, and that’s not happening yet.

It’s going to take a lot of physical therapy now to get those muscles programmed to do what they’re supposed to do!

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Progress After SDR Surgery

January 29, 2010

Ellie finally got to sit up the second day after her SDR surgery (Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy). She is making progress!

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The Second Night After SDR Surgery

January 28, 2010

Thankfully the second night was a vast improvement.  Ellie slept most of the night from 6pm till 7am, only getting up for about an hour to watch some Sesame Street.
All right!
She’s still getting a lot of pain meds, and the doctors are going to try and wean her off some of them.
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The First Night After SDR Surgery

January 27, 2010

Ellie had a rough first night.
Of course after spinal surgery, you’re supposed to stay flat for 24-hours.
But then she started having muscle spasms.  And being sick to her stomach.  Not uncommon side effects of surgery and pain meds, but not fun.  The morphine didn’t agree with her.  Finally they tried oral codeine, and that seemed [...]

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Ellie after her SDR Surgery

January 27, 2010

Here’s a picture of little Miss Ellie after the SDR surgery was over, she got out of the recovery room (or whatever they call it these days!), and finally into her room.
As might be expected, she’s feeling some pain, and they’re giving her medication to help that.  It makes her sleepy, but she fights the [...]

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