by katie
2. May 2010 22:02
This evening I went to visit my parents, particularly my Dad. I'm so grateful that he is feeling even a little better! This could mean good things! He still has horrible pain where they drilled a hole in his hip but overall he thinks his surgery may have worked! I hope so because after four other su...
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by katie
19. April 2010 08:10
Unfortunately my Dad is still in excruciating pain - but at least the swollen abdomen has gone down a little bit and he's able to eat a little now. Hopefully day by day he will start to feel a little better. I just hope this surgery gives him some relief. It's hard after ten years ...
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by katie
17. April 2010 22:18
As I was writing yesterday, Dad did a 360 by Thursday night. I knew something was fishy because I had texted my Dad at lunch to see how he was doing. If he was feeling semi-ok he would've texted me back. I made the drastic mistake of calling my parents at the end of my school day (my planning period...
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by katie
16. April 2010 14:10
Today my world came to a screeching halt. At first, I was soaring on cloud 9. Thursday morning my Dad came home from the surgical center at 7:30 am. He was in pain but in good spirits. He was laughing and joking with my Mom and me. He's never done that the day after a surgery in the past four t...
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by katie
15. April 2010 13:56
Today I felt excited because my Dad had survived the first night of surgery with flying colors. It wasn't like the previous surgeries at all. A huge change was his surgeon had switched to a private practice and out of the hospital. The place my Dad stayed and had surgery was like t...
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by katie
14. April 2010 22:39
Today my Dad is having surgery. This is his fifth back surgery and he will be getting incisions on his neck and lower back. He's had fusions in the past and I guess there's the potential after several years for the next disc up from the fusion to become bulged. The pain has become ...
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