Surgery Today

Praise the Lord! Brandy's surgery went very well. He had a tough morning/ride to the hospital. He wasn't able to take any medication and was in pain. At the hospital they asked him on a 1-10 scale what his pain level was. It was an 8.

He got into surgery on time and the surgery took about an hour. Afterwards the surgeon came to talk to me. He said it went very well. That the disk was obviously bulging and putting pressure on his spinal cord/nerve. He felt that the surgery was successful and should help the pain.

After he came out of recovery I was allowed to be with him. He was so happy! Now, yes, some of that was coming out of anesthesia, but he was amazed at the fact that his leg and hip no longer hurt. He was smiling from ear to ear! I got lots of kisses and was told I was beautiful many times. What a sweet man, huh? Even after he came completely out of anesthesia he was amazed at his pain level (now described at a 1) and was still very happy (and still thought I was beautiful :), although didn't mention it as often).

Now the recovery. Please pray that he has the strength/patience to do what the doctors tell him to. I have a feeling the hardest part of surgery is yet to come. At this time he is not allowed to lift more than a pop can. For a couple of days he is to lay or stand, with very little sitting. He isn't allowed to lift much at all for the next 6 weeks. The nurse said the problem comes because you feel better, so it's easy to overdue it. At one point the dr said he shouldn't go to work at all for 2 weeks, but then said he could go in and do some computer work before that.

Tomorrow could be a tough day recovering from the effects of surgery. Thankfully, I have the day off so the house won't be too crazy.

Thanks so much for all of your prayers! They were felt today. What an enormous blessing that his pain is gone!!! Amen and Amen!