Lane's recovery from surgery Monday

October 22, 2005

Dear Group,

Went up to Wheatridge yesterday and visited with , four days

post op. She looks great! She's off the I.V. and Cath, and taking

oral med's. She has a bit of stomach area distention, which is

annoying to her. She's a bit easy to faint when up walking, hasn't

done much of that yet, she'll be seeing PT today. She doesn't have

to wear a brace at all. Her surgery was a bit more detailed since

there was a lot of bony overgrowth. They did three hours from the

front, flipped her for another two, then worked from the front again

for another three. She isn't fused to the sacrum, L4-L5 still open,

but they did get her entire Harrington Rod out. She is having a bit

of trouble adjusting to her new body stance. Her husband is there

with her, and she has a sister who lives local. Since she has small

kids, she has family staying with them at their home in Montana.

She'll probably go to her sisters place in Littleton for two weeks

after she's released on tuesday. She'll then fly to Salt Lake, and

then a second flight to Montana if she tolerates it well.

I'm so glad I got to meet her, she and her husband are dear people,

and were very surprised by my visit. It was good for them to see me

and see how well I'm doing following surgery, gave them heart for

her future. Her curve is greatly reduced, and now she has a back

waist curve and despite her post surgery pain is more comfortable

lying down. All in All I'd say the whole thing at this point is a

great success! Her thoughts were with the others having surgery this

week, and asked after them. She's in Good spirits, looks to have

excellent pain control, she really misses her kids.

Glad to update you all!

Colorado Springs

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