The First Step

Well, it's done, Leroy had his surgery to relieve the compression on his spinal cord yesterday! As excited as I am, I'm so incredibly scared at the same time.....

We dropped Derrick off at school and then Danae, Leroy & I headed towards the hospital (of course stopping at each store to check for hotwheels....it's tradition after all). We were to check in at 9am and then we sat until 10:10 before they called him up to the pre-op area. This is where Danae & I said our teary-eyed goodbyes. It didn't hit me until the nurse called him up and I didn't want to let him go. I don't know who was crying worse, Danae or myself. We were two heartbroken girls. Quick fix for Danae was a trip to the 99 cent store for a drink. For me it was biting off all my nails and worrying myself to an ulcer.

Danae was getting figity after a couple hours so we gave the admit nurse my cell number to call if ANYTHING happened. Finally at 1:45 the doctor called me as I was headed out to pick up Derrick from school. He said everything went well and he only had to fuse L4-L5 and didn't touch L-6. I guess 4 and 5 were worse than he thought because he didn't know how Leroy could even function with the damage that was there. He said he's very optimistic on his recovery so we can hope for the best!

After getting Derrick & making my round of phone calls we headed over to the hospital which was a mistake. I knew the kids wouldn't be able to see him but I guess they thought by going there Daddy was coming home.....um no, then I have 2 kids and mom all in tears because Daddy isn't coming home. Needless to say Wednesday was hectic.

Today we've called him and he sounds like he's doing better, he said he's still in pain and feeling weak but they do have him up and walking around which is good. I'm so hoping he gets to come home tomorrow, I'm going crazy without my other half here with me. Leroy's oxygen levels went down so they had to put him back on the oxygen which makes my wheels start turning thinking of all the bad stuff that could happen....The kids are keeping me going, I'm functioning on M&M's and Diet Pepsi, and I can't sleep. I miss my Hunny!!!! I want him home so I can see him and make sure he's ok, this is horrible! I know it's all so he can get better, at least hopefully they've fixed the problem so he's not in pain anymore.

Since I can't sleep, I've managed to scrub my bathroom on my hands and knees so it's spotless and the same with the kitchen....can't have my Hunny come home to a germ infested house, no infections here!