Lots of New things....

Well, I haven't posted recently because I've been waiting for mom to get another test done and get the results back and go to the new doctor, etc, etc, etc... and after I got all that info back, Lucy got sick and then Daniel got sick (those are two of my kiddos for those of you that don't really know me) with a stomach bug. Fun times.


I went with Mom several weeks ago to see Dr. E.  It was another really good visit.  Mom has still been having shoulder and arm pain and we asked him about it. He ordered an MRI of her shoulder (that's the test I was waiting on).  The results showed that she had a tear in her rotator cuff and a SLAP tear (Danny said that's from slapping Kim around ;) ). She went to see Dr. S who is an orthopedic surgeon. He confirmed the tears and that she has calcium deposits (bone spurs) in the joint of her shoulder.  He also said that her shoulder is in constant pain and making her nervous system continue its pain cycle, which in turn makes her medicine not work as effectively as it should be working.  Dr. S will not do surgery until he has done three steroid injections in her shoulder. She had the first one last Thursday.

Tomorrow, Monday, she and Kim will go to a Chronic Pain Clinic. They have a lot of different types of therapies there and we're hoping that they can help her somehow.  She was doing water therapy on her legs and her arms, but it was causing her more pain in her arm. That's what prompted us to ask Dr. E about her shoulder.

Thanks again for all your prayers.  Mom asked that you pray for her muscle spasms and the trembling that she has all day long.  She also wanted me to tell you that she prays for all of you everyday.  She said that she prays over her prayer warriors.

I'll try and post something this week about her appt. tomorrow and her appt. with Dr. E that she has on Tuesday.

Stacy

Plain ole update

I took Mom to see Dr. E on Tuesday because Kim had an important meeting to attend. I haven't been to one of her appts in a while. The doc was pleased with her progress.  She's been doing water therapy for a couple of weeks now, maybe three at the most.  It's going really well and it's definitely not as hard on her body as regular therapy.  She forces herself to go even when she doesn't feel like it.


Mom was having some new symptoms and Dr. E explained that they were all therapy related, which was GREAT! At least I thought it was great.  He explained that most of what she was feeling was from actually using her muscles and some of it was side effects from the medicine she's taking.  Her muscles won't always react the way a normal person's would after going to the gym, being sore, etc... Her muscles will react with pain.  Vicious cycle!

Mom's been having trouble with her right arm and she will be having an MRI on her shoulder soon to make sure there isn't something else wrong with it. That's one thing she hasn't had tested yet! 

Please keep the prayers coming! You can pray for her therapy to keep going well. Pray for the 'break through' pain she feels from the therapy to be controlled by the meds. She's been driving too, so pray for her to make it safely to and from her destinations without any problems.  Right now, she has a sinus infections, so please pray for her to feel better from that ASAP. This is the first time since all this started that she's gotten this type of sickness. That's amazing because Lucy and I have been over there several times when we have been sick.

Mom gets a bit lonely at times, so feel free to call her for a chat.

Oh, I almost forgot! She's been cooking too! Well, baking really. She did make Kim some Lamb Soup the other day. She also has made a few desserts in the last couple of weeks.