Musings

My mother had major back surgery 11-10. Originally all we knew was that the hardware had come out yesterday per XRays. Upon doing surgery this morning Dr. Fontenot discovered that her spine was broken from the "bottom to breast" basically. She had to have hardware installed in those areas,bone grafts a brace covering those areas and a protein gel to help insure new bone growth applied. She will be in room 240 at Regional for a week or so then will be placed into rehab AT Longview Regional Hosp.She may be in there for a month or more. Dr. Fontenot wants to monitor her very closely. She is on a Dilaudid pump for pain along with oral meds,Oxygen 4 liters per min.,Albuterol nebulizer treatments (for breathing problems). Dr. Fontenot said it was a miracle that her spinal cord wasn't severed and that she had not passed away. Prayers are appreciated. I'll return all emails as time permits. Please be understanding. Thank you.

I had an at home test done to rule out sleep apnea. 60 events of decreased oxygen & incidents of breathing cessation were recorded. I've been placed on oxygen while sleeping. I went to a sleep specialist/pulmonologist and after examining me he seemed to think I had obstructive sleep apnea due to a malformed palette and an enlarged epiglottis. He has referred me to the sleep lab for an intensive sleep study to confirm this diagnosis. If it's confirmed the first course of action will be to place me on a CPAP machine. LOL it seems when I get one health issue solved another one pops up ... I think I'm just getting old *gasp*. Seriously I refuuuuse to let this get in my way of enjoying life to the fullest. I am a redhead thus a fighter HA!

I went to the Dr. yesterday about my continuous high blood sugar readings despite the healthy diet and exercise. He placed me on oral meds and if that doesn't work within a month he wants to place me on an Insulin pump. I choose to be an optimist either way it goes! I truly hope the meds work but if they don't and I have to be fitted with an Insulin pump at least it'll make the Diabetes easier to manage and cut down on the injections. See, there's something to be optimistic about

I was recently diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. It effected my vision somewhat before the Drs found it. I also have retinopathy and macular edema at the present time. The Dr. is hoping that it can be controlled with diet and exercise. I hope so as well because I hate being poked by needles even though I'm a nurse lol. Eating small 5-6 meals a day is new for me and will take getting used to. I have to remind myself to eat. I am an optimist and have not let any of this get me down. It has made me really stop taking things for granted and to appreciate even the smallest things in life If there's anyone out there who has Diabetes or has info. on it I'd appreciate "talking" to them.