Sean had surgery on his neck a week ago, March 10th. He had two herniated disks in his neck that have been causing pain and numbness in his right arm and hand. His shoulder's been pretty tight and sore too.
His doctor was great and everything went really smoothly. They actually fit two pieces of cadaver bone in where the cartilage used to be. They shaved off all the bone spurs of his own vertebrate that were causing all the trouble. He stayed overnight and came home the next morning. He was feeling really pretty good that first day, just tired. Then the heavy duty meds and anestesia wore off and he felt worse the next few days. But he's feeling pretty decent again now as long as he remembers to take his muscle relaxer and pain medication. His shoulder's really been killing him, now that his arm, hand and neck are better. We're hoping that this goes away soon. The doctor said it was not abnormal to feel such pain for a while after surgery while the nerves get used to actually "feeling" again.
We're very grateful for all the love, prayers, and support that have been sent our way.
His doctor was great and everything went really smoothly. They actually fit two pieces of cadaver bone in where the cartilage used to be. They shaved off all the bone spurs of his own vertebrate that were causing all the trouble. He stayed overnight and came home the next morning. He was feeling really pretty good that first day, just tired. Then the heavy duty meds and anestesia wore off and he felt worse the next few days. But he's feeling pretty decent again now as long as he remembers to take his muscle relaxer and pain medication. His shoulder's really been killing him, now that his arm, hand and neck are better. We're hoping that this goes away soon. The doctor said it was not abnormal to feel such pain for a while after surgery while the nerves get used to actually "feeling" again.
We're very grateful for all the love, prayers, and support that have been sent our way.
