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2022 Frozen Tundra Farm Report
sKePTiKal:
Naw... I wouldn't worry about jinxing anything. Even if there are billing issues later - we'll deal with it.
Day 2 after surgery:
He is sleeping pretty well. Not pushing too hard to get back at it, at his normal kick-ass pace. We've kept him busy enough to keep his mind from drifting back into old neural pathways. And he is expressing his amazement that things are going better this time, than any other before. Lots of things helping. Incisions are smaller, less bruising than previously. Pain in his back is only now starting to make a return engagement - but it's only 2 1/2 more days till the pump gets programmed (on a controller in B's hands) so when he does something aggravating to the injuries - he can boost the dose within parameters.
I finally hit the wall last night & fell asleep on the couch early after realizing I needed to get us a room (and website wouldn't work), driving there - being uncomfortable on so many levels in the city, the search for what turned out to be the elixer of life in a coffee cup the next morning, flawless surgery & the run as if chased by the devil on the way back home. And it's HOT again.
But we're still tired & will entertain ourselves for a bit today. I can piddle around the house too. Have a very easy job for B.
lighter:
That's as good an update as updates get, IME, Amber.
Flawless surgery is EVERYTHING... it's enough.
Lighter
lighter:
How you guys doing, Amber?
Everyrhing still OK?
sKePTiKal:
Doin' about as good as one could expect Lighter.
Today, is the followup appt so fingers crossed he goes fully pain managed today. We've been making do, with what has come up. It's been over a year since he's had either piece of the system implanted and it takes a little getting used to. But he's been sleeping really well.
I'm good. I'm starting to let him do some light stuff again since he's going stir crazy. I've gotta get moving now. More later.
sKePTiKal:
OK!!!! his preliminary (very minimal) drip has been turned on. We go back in 2 weeks for a rate adjustment, if needed - then the parameters on his controller will be set and he doesn't go back till September for a pump fill. I'm hoping then, they also get us set up with home infusion for future fills.
This was the goal of this trip, and now, I can focus on getting his incisions to heal up. The back one looks real good; front one where the pump is needs some air and more time.
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