Back Spasms

Hi Everyone - a long delayed update on Sue's condition.

First, everyone is now home, so I have some help taking care of Sue.  Thanks to Pastor Norm for being taxi service to Alison to and from SSI this week, while I was getting Lauren to and from Grace Adventures camp - a 2 1/2 hour drive from here.  And thanks to my Dad for driving up there yesterday - it helped a lot.

Sue's back pain has gotten worse over the last couple of days - to the point where she is now back on vicodin just to endure it.  Why does it seem like every health problem we ever have happens on a weekend when nobody is available to help us through it, so we have to endure both pain and uncertainty until everyone opens back up again on Monday? 

I was picking up Sue's prescriptions from her ER visit on Thursday, and was sitting in the cafe that is in the MSU Clinical Center, waiting for the pharmacy to complete their work.  I happened to look up from my iTouch and saw our family doctor in line for something or other, and he noticed me sitting there and came over to talk to me a moment about Sue.  He told me he had put in the referral for the MRI the ER doc wanted, but was unsure what the insurance company was going to say.  We feel that this low back MRI is critical for us to understand what is going on inside Sue's back.  After 5 CT scans of her head which show a positive progression from the bleed, and one pelvic xray which shows no fractures or other orthopedic issues, and the continuing back pain that has no real explanation, it seems clear that an MRI is in order.  But we'll have to wait and see, because it takes at least 48 hours for the insurance company to issue an approval for the referral.

In the meantime, we hope, we pray, and we wait.  After two weeks, that is all we can do.