Simply Amazing

Yanno, sometimes I'm just amazed at what modern medicine can accomplish! I've been a nurse for 12+ years and I have seen/heard of quite a lot of way cool things that can be done these days. Well, Today, I was amazed again...

Some of you may already know that I've been sitting with my Daddy in the hospital this weekend. He's a young man of 82 and he tries to stay pretty active. Loves yard work, loves to piddle around with stuff and tinker with anything mechanical (comes from being a retired mechanic yanno). He also has a touch of Alzheimer's and tends to be somewhat unstable on his feet at times. I can't count the number of times I've gotten a call from my Mom saying, "Well, Your Daddy's fell in the ditch again. Came to the house covered in mud and I had to spray him off with the water hose before he came in!" Did I also mention that he's incredibly lucky? So far, he's not done any permanent damage to himself, a bump here, a bruise there, a soaked wallet, mud in his socks and no matter what we say or do, he simply will Not stay away from that ditch! Anyway, on Tuesday night, he fell... Twice... in the bathroom. Stubborn man that he is, decided that he was just "stove up" and didn't need to go to the hospital. Finally, on Friday morning, he caved, went to the ER and was admitted. Daddy doesn't do well in hospitals. Out of his element sometimes equals "out of his head", and the last time, he tried to escape multiple times. Bed alarms, staying round the clock, very little sleep and when I did try I had to sleep with one eye open or he'd get sneaky. I learned a lot about how devious he could be the last time.
Anyway, after rounds of X-Rays, CT Scans, and three days in the hospital, this morning's MRI showed something. Not one, but TWO Compression fractures in his vertebra. One in his L1 Lumbar vertebra and one at the top of his Sacrum (S1 I believe). So He had a procedure called Kyphoplasty done. Ya'll, After this seemingly simple and Way Quick procedure, Daddy's nearly pain free! Thank You Lord! It pained me soo much to see him hurting to the point that he couldn't sit, stand, lay, and especially Move without excruciating pain. Well, that was Yesterday. He sat up with ease (Read NO PAIN!) this evening, on his own no less, and ate his dinner with me. I am truly amazed! He's in such better spirits this evening, has gotten more sleep today than he's probably gotten all week long in one stretch, and is singing the praises of his procedure! Granted, tomorrow is another day, and we'll see what it brings. But for tonight, I think that he and I both may get a decent night's sleep. Umm... well, He will anyway. Can you call sleeping in a lumpy, bumpy recliner decent in any terms? LOL!
Thank You Soooo Much to those of you adding him to your prayers! I'm soo blessed to have friends like y'all! I'll post more when I know more!