Another big day today, all sorts of people have to ok your release to the outside world. The physio is one, who had Maggie basically climb the Himalayas. Out of the ward, up a flight of stairs, along to visit the ICU, down to the other end of the ward and back. Then a trip down to have several x-rays taken, it will be interesting to see the final results from those. Had a look at the x-rays taken in theatre, looks fairly substantial.
So it's out tomorrow subject to final approval of the two doctors. They'd better prescribe something other than panadol to go. Then it will be home (with my carefullest driving) to settle in for extended recuperation.
I've stocked up on green jelly and ice cream, because it's the staple diet now.
Thanks to everyone who went and visited, txt'd, called and sent cards. No doubt your services will be required again over the next month or so to stop Maggie getting cabin fever at home. There is a bare xmas tree here (and a box of decorations) if anyone is feeling festive.
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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