Amy is home. In good health. Back to normal.
Well, as normal as she was when she went in.
Saturday she regained the majority of her strength back. She got back her mobility, walking around the second floor of Jackson South like she owned the place. The numbness, for the most, went away.
There are still some other tests that she can do outpatient, but thankfully she's home and in good spirits.
Funny story.
First off, I know about half a dozen people that work at Jackson South. I appreciate their help and support during Amy's stay. Sincerely, thank you.
With that being said...
On Wednesday the Doctors requested Amy to get an MRI of her skull region. This MRI was done Thursday morning. On Thursday afternoon, the results were inconclusive, and the Doctors requested a second MRI of Amy's spinal cord. This was executed on Friday. Saturday afternoon, the Doctors realized that the second MRI was inconclusive as well, BECAUSE THEY WERE EXAMINING THE WRONG PART OF HER BACK! Instead of scanning the Cervical portion (neck and upper back) they scanned the Lumbar section (lower back). Somebody's "C" on her medical chart evidently looked like an "L".
As you can imagine, this news was not appreciated by my wife.
The Doctors wanted to rescan the correct portion of Amy's of her spine. On Monday. (They don't do scans on the wknd.) They did not want to release Amy until after the results of this MRI were available. Most likely Tuesday mid-morning.
While this is going on, her health got much stronger. The blood pressure issues were resolved to be a non-event, and Amy got back to her normal self. She managed to talk the nurses into pushing the Doctors into releasing her, and she will be getting the rest of her scans and medical work will be done outpatient with her Neurologist.
Lesson learned? You tell me...
Thanks to everyone who called, e-mailed, TXTed, Facebooked, showed up, sent flowers, or just harassed me mercilessly during this time. I greatly appreciate you.
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