UPDATE ON MS CHERYL
WE GOT THE ABSOLUTE BEST NEWS ON MS CHERYL YESTERDAY. DOC SAID THAT IT WASN'T A NEW BLOWN DISC ... IT WAS A BONE SPUR PUSHING INTO A NERVE SO THEY SHAVED OFF THE BONE SPUR & REPLACED THE HARDWARE FROM THE FIRST SURGERY AREA, & SHE SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO.
IF IT HAD BEEN A NEW AREA OF DAMAGE, THEN SHE WOULD HAVE LOST MOBILITY IN HER NECK ... MOVEMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIMITED ... BECAUSE DOC WOULD HAVE HAD TO FUSE ANOTHER PORTION OF HER NECK ... &, FUSING MEANS NO MOVEMENT. SO, THIS IS THE GREATEST NEWS THAT IT WAS "JUST" A BONE SPUR.
I JUST SPOKE WITH HER ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO & SHE WAS WAITING ON JOE TO PICK HER UP & TAKE HER HOME. HE'S GOING TO TRY TO GET THIS NEXT WEEK OFF FROM WORK SO HE CAN BE WITH HER & HELP HER WITH MASON.
I HAVE FORWARDED ALL OF YOUR POSTS & I KNOW THEY HAVE CHEERED HER UP! SHE WAS BEGINNING TO THINK THAT "IT WAS ALL IN HER HEAD". WE'RE PRAYING THAT THIS IS "IT" & SHE WILL BE GOIN' STRONG & PAIN-FREE FROM HERE ON OUT.
GOD BLESS Y'ALL ... DAWN & NICk