Friday, August 31, 2007

SAY GOODBYE TO THE WHEELCHAIR


It gives me great pleasure to announce we are officially done with the wheelchair. I can hear the applause and whoops of glee from all of you, not to mention the gratitude of my back to no longer have to lug it in and out of the trunk of the car. For anyone who has ever doubted that physical therapy works, we are here to proclaim it does. The progress we have seen over the past 11 days has been remarkable and we are hopeful Craig won't even need the epidural shot.


Speaking of the epidural, we saw the specialist in Fresno Thursday afternoon, well actually you could call it early evening. When we arrived at 3:45 the waiting room was packed with people. I listened as names were called and watched as patient after patient either went in or came out of the inner sanctum. I evaluated each one as to their limits of mobility, and compared them to Craig as to moving better or worse. Seeing the really bad cases put it into perspective how far we have come from those first days in dreaded Fort Stockton.


When we were finally the last two people sitting in the waiting room we knew we had to be next. At 5:15 we were called and off we went into an examination room. When we saw the doctor, he did a thorough check of Craig's mobility and pain. He encouraged us to continue physical therapy until an epidural could be performed. Of course, the earliest appointment wasn't until September 26. We are hoping that within the four weeks wait for the epidural that Craig will be recovered enough to resume work and that the shot will not be needed. Until then, his new mode of transportation is the "walker". I give him another week and predict he will be walking dapper in his top hat and cane.

4 comments:

rosemary said...

WHOO TO THE DEE WHOO!! You go Craig!!!!

John said...

Congrats. My wife had knee surgery (toatl knee replacement) about 3 weeks ago and she hates her therapy while she's there but her knee is getting so much better. Better than it has been in years. Keep it up. Both of you.

Mom said...

Good news! Keep up the good work, both of you.

Pat said...

wow. you guys had one heck of an august, 2007. Hope Craig is doing much better now. I guess I'll have to keep on reading.

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