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Hi family,
Last Sunday morning (the 11th) I took a bath and could not get out of the tub. husband was home, thank God and helped me get out. I could not walk. The day went on and I regained a tiny bit of mobility but could not urinate, at all!! So, by late afternoon, he took me to the ER. Waiting like 4 hours to see a doctor, once they got me back there, things started happening so fast I kinda am blurry with the details.
Took an Emergency MRI, CT, Xrays, tons of blood work and STILL not able to urinate, urologist did some sort of probbing test and found I had no bladder sensation at all.
That pretty much sealed the surgery in a giant hurry. I don't remember what the syndrome is called, but it is pretty dangerous to not take care of immediately.
The surgery ended up being a lot more involved than first planned, they only did a micro diskectomy at the same level (l4-5) that I had 13 years ago, but this time there was definite spinal stenosis, major degeration and arthritis and spurring and other things I just can't remember at this time.
Then, the next day I had some complications of a major medication reaction with hallucinations and psychotic thinking. It was just horrid! Boy do I sympathyze with Aly and all our kidlets who have psychotic breaks! Was the scariest thing that I have ever gone through. About 24 hours of thinking many people were out to get me and much more yuck! They later discovered it must have been the Morphine they were giving me because I could get no relief from the pain. doctor feels my body "stored" it for a while and then it hit me in one swell foop.
Had to keep the foley cath in till yesterday, since I still wasn't having the bladder sensations I was supposed to be having. But low and behold, they took the foley out and about 2 hours later, I was able to go on my own! I shocked them all. They were all ready to send me to a rehab hospital to learn self catherization. Urologist was shocked that it started working so well with most likely not the long term issues they were thinking it would be.
Anyways, they wanted to send me to a PT rehab facility, but my wonderful (NOT!!!) insurance denied it since I was able to hobble with walker to the bathroom with minimal assistance. I still cannot walk for more than a few steps, and sitting here is killing me. But, I am home and I know the in home nursing (starting tomorrow) will help as will in home PT and Occupational Therapist (OT).
I will check in periodically, once my husband hooks me up to my laptop in my room.
Thanks for listening, and some prayers would be appreciated!
Hugs,
Vickie
Last Sunday morning (the 11th) I took a bath and could not get out of the tub. husband was home, thank God and helped me get out. I could not walk. The day went on and I regained a tiny bit of mobility but could not urinate, at all!! So, by late afternoon, he took me to the ER. Waiting like 4 hours to see a doctor, once they got me back there, things started happening so fast I kinda am blurry with the details.
Took an Emergency MRI, CT, Xrays, tons of blood work and STILL not able to urinate, urologist did some sort of probbing test and found I had no bladder sensation at all.
That pretty much sealed the surgery in a giant hurry. I don't remember what the syndrome is called, but it is pretty dangerous to not take care of immediately.
The surgery ended up being a lot more involved than first planned, they only did a micro diskectomy at the same level (l4-5) that I had 13 years ago, but this time there was definite spinal stenosis, major degeration and arthritis and spurring and other things I just can't remember at this time.
Then, the next day I had some complications of a major medication reaction with hallucinations and psychotic thinking. It was just horrid! Boy do I sympathyze with Aly and all our kidlets who have psychotic breaks! Was the scariest thing that I have ever gone through. About 24 hours of thinking many people were out to get me and much more yuck! They later discovered it must have been the Morphine they were giving me because I could get no relief from the pain. doctor feels my body "stored" it for a while and then it hit me in one swell foop.
Had to keep the foley cath in till yesterday, since I still wasn't having the bladder sensations I was supposed to be having. But low and behold, they took the foley out and about 2 hours later, I was able to go on my own! I shocked them all. They were all ready to send me to a rehab hospital to learn self catherization. Urologist was shocked that it started working so well with most likely not the long term issues they were thinking it would be.
Anyways, they wanted to send me to a PT rehab facility, but my wonderful (NOT!!!) insurance denied it since I was able to hobble with walker to the bathroom with minimal assistance. I still cannot walk for more than a few steps, and sitting here is killing me. But, I am home and I know the in home nursing (starting tomorrow) will help as will in home PT and Occupational Therapist (OT).
I will check in periodically, once my husband hooks me up to my laptop in my room.
Thanks for listening, and some prayers would be appreciated!
Hugs,
Vickie
