Hi, Viking! Is everything okay?
Doing a little better, Gina. Seems that during the second surgery, the doctors took out a bigger chunk of lumbar vertabra than they should have. The disc between vertabrae elongated, swelled up 5x its normal size, and slipped out between her vertabrae completely. That wedged it directly against her spine, hence the screaming pain. She also had to have a drain put in her elbow to allow that spider bite to heal. She’s in a nursing home for another week or so, then she should be coming home after that. She said most of her pain is post-op, but I don’t know what else they’ll give her for pain. She was hooked on Percocet before they opened her up and saw what the previous team did. She’s been experimenting with CBD oil lately, maybe she’ll just get a medical reefer card - there’s a dispensary three minutes from the house.