More improvements today, everything has been unplugged so there are no scary cables, drains, lures and such. Maggie is looking like a normal person again. I was surprised to find her sitting up eating lunch when I got there. She then showed off by getting up and walking over for hugs.
Incidentally I think I'm going to lose my 19mm bet, she seems much taller, look out Regan you might end up shorter.
Normality still consists of a bunch of sleeping and snoozing separated by very short episodes of activity. e.g. Sit up, eat a sandwich, lie down and snooze for 10 minutes, sit up for a second go at the jelly (purple this time, it's just not as good as green), repeat procedure for a cup of tea. Walking to the bathroom and back requires an hour of dedicated snoring time. Even Dr Phil can only command about 5 minutes of attention.
Next time I showed up she was harassing the other patients, sitting in the chair next to their bed (the one with the screaming kids who visited) perhaps she was trying to get her own back. I noticed that her posture was very good.
All going well she'll be out on Wednesday and back home for recovery! This is really the best possible scenario for release dates so I'm not holding my breath. You might even get her side of the story soon.
Bryan
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Pre-op 2000
This is before I had any surgery on my back. It's looking at it front on. You can see the base of the spine is where it connects to my pelvis, and then how the top is out of line with the bottom, This made it look like I had one big hip, because my ribcage was off to one side.
Pre-op 2007
Here is how my spine looks now, you can see that the part that has the rods is straight, then at the top the unfused part goes off at a different angle. The surgery tomorrow is to fix that, by putting a rod from about 2 vertebrae up and 3 or 4 below the junction.
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I have got grass clippings soaking in a bucket of water so I can make green jelly for you when you get home.
The Lawn mowing Fairy
Sounds like things are getting exciting around there... even a little activity seems amazing to me. Margaret, looks like we need another back to back contest!
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