Pain in the — back!
Wow, what a couple of weeks it has been. We just got back to the mission campus in St. Louis last night and I am trying to catch up on some things – email and all of that kind of stuff. I hurt my back last Tuesday – I was shaking out a rug – and it has really caused me some pain today. I thought I was doing better yesterday but I guess the ride back in from BeauChamp really aggravated it. I woke up this morning and was very stiff. The pain was getting worse and I asked about getting some drugs and they sent me to see Dr. Dell. Well Dr. Dell gave me a muscle relaxer and pain pill. Well that didn’t work. By lunch time I was laying in Vicki’s bed and could hardly move. I barely could maneuver myself to the computer to send Jody and email for help. I asked for Jody or Melissa to come and check on me as the pain was getting worse. They sent Dr. Dell back down to look at me again. He said it could possibly be a ruptured disk. Luckily for me we have the surgery team in (not surgery for me) but there is a Pain Management Anesthetist and she gave me a epidural steroid injection to help me get through the plane trip tomorrow and told me to see a doctor and get a MRI. So — I have a lot to put on the blog site but today have not felt to chipper — so be a little patient with me and I will have some updates on what we have seen and experienced these last 2 weeks. In His Service, Teresa