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.
Now for a sure [...]

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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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SDR Sugery is a Done Deal!

January 26, 2010

I just got a call from Ellie’s Dad.  She is now out of surgery, and according to her neurosurgeon, everything went well. 
Evidently he had to remove a little more vertebra than expected to get to the right spot on her spine, but he said that won’t affect her recovery any.  Otherwise, there were no other [...]

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Ellie’s Having SDR Surgery Right NOW!

January 26, 2010

Ellie is having SDR surgery right now, at this very moment! All we can do now is wait and pray for a wonderful outcome. . .

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SDR Surgery Today!

January 26, 2010

Ellie is having SDR surgery (Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy) this morning. It will take 4-5 hours to complete the procedure.

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Is it okay if you fix my legs?

January 24, 2010

Ellie had a bunch of pre-operative appointments Thursday, and she’ll have a bunch more tomorrow.   Then Tuesday is THE BIG DAY for the SDR Surgery.
One of the appointments Ellie had this past Thursday was with the neurosurgeon that is doing her SDR surgery. He answered all the questions her Mom and Grandma had (not me, [...]

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