Tuesday, February 1, 2011

The nerve…

Taylor’s visit to the doctor was a good one.
Her x-ray revealed a back…
rods from just below her neck
all the way down,
and as straight as I have ever seen it!!
Oh, the wonders of modern medicine.

As for the nerve damage,
the doc is still expecting it to heal.
He says it is hard to predict.
It is one of those 6 days to 6 months things.
Last night, she was pain free and had a full night
of un-interrupted sleep for the first time in a month.
We hope this means that she turned the corner.

In order to describe the pain that Taylor has been in,
the doctor described it like this…
imagine taking a sledge hammer to your funny bone…
the nerve in her hip has gone through a similar trauma.
It is awake and needs time to calm down and heal.
In the mean time… Taylor suffers.
She is very good at suffering in silence,
so when she breaks down… I know it is extreme.

So, here’s hoping for another pain free night, and then another…
Once is chance.
Twice is a Coincidence.
Three times is a pattern.

2 comments:

  1. she really is so good at enduring well without complaining.

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  2. I wish that I could take the pain for her. She is a brave young woman. Please give her a big hug for me.

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