This summer we have been very busy. We have had some good times, but we also had a couple of scary things happen. Adam had to have emergency back surgery and my dad had to have a stint put in one of the artery's of his heart. Both are doing well now, but they gave us quite a scare.
I'll try to keep this short, it is kinda complicated. Adam has been having trouble with his Sciatic nerve all summer (since May). We were in Keller visiting by parents for my dad's 60
th birthday the first weekend in August and Adam experienced a shooting pain from his back all the way down his leg. He was putting his shoes on at the time and he fell the the floor. He could not get up or move without excruciating pain. So, he laid on the floor resting for about 4 hours and still could not get up due to the pain. We had no choice but to call an Ambulance, we had to do something and we could not get him up and into the car. He was admitted into the hospital that night and had an MRI the next day. They discovered a herniated disc in his lower back (L5S1). They kept pumping him full of steroids and pain medication, but he was still in so much pain. They did not want to do surgery on him in Grapevine since we lived in Houston, but there was NO WAY I was going to drive him 5 hours in the car in the amount of pain he was in. Finally, the doctors decided that the pain
meds and steroids were not helping and so they scheduled surgery. He had not been unable to sit up or even move for 3 days. He had a micro disc-
ectomy to remove the herniation. The doctor said that he had a pretty bad herniation and they removed a big 'chunk.' After the surgery he was able to sit up!!
While all of this was going on my mom and dad had to drive to Houston because my dad had an appointment to get a heart catheterizing with his doctor. He had been instructed to not do anything to cause stress, ha. The heart catheterizing found that he had a 95% blockage in one of the main arteries of his heart and needed a stint put in. Between Adam and my dad both having major things going on my mom and I were nervous wrecks, but we made it through. A week later they were able to successfully do the stint and my dad is doing well! He had to have the surgery on his 60th birthday! What a way to spend your birthday!
It is so ironic that we were staying in my parents house while my parents were staying at our house. When it rains it pours! Adam's mom "Honey" came up to watch Maddie while Adam was in the hospital. We are so thankful that everyone is ok now. God is so good! We are so thankful that we had wonderful doctors.
Everyone is on the mend now and life is starting to return to normal.
She wanted to go 'night night' in the ocean
Springfield, Illinois 16 months
