Recovery

Now that we're home our routine has changed a little bit.  Sue turned her sister into slave labor and had her do spring cleaning in the kids room and their school room.  All I can say is wow!  After that, she was fanning Sue and feeding her grapes.  :)  She left this evening, however, so I probably will have grape and fanning duty for the rest of the week, until the kids get home!

We went to see our family doctor for our first followup visit yesterday.  He seemed to be quite amazed at our story, but he told us we did everything right, which was encouraging.  We are also going to follow up with the Neurologist and with the Hematologist over the next couple of weeks.  There are some blood tests that had to be sent to the Mayo Clinic, so those will take some time to come back - perhaps by the end of this week.

Sue's main issue right now is sciatic pain - the headaches are under control with medication.  However, it is sometimes it is hard for her to find a comfortable position, either sitting or lying down, and if she is walking she will get a spasm that will literally bring her to her knees at times.  We are working with our Chiropractor, and we have an appointment with the Osteopathic Manipulation Clinic at MSU, where Sue has gone before with her TMJ issues, to help us get beyond this problem.

So mainly what she has to do is rest.  That is a hard thing for an active person like her to do!  Hopefully when her sciatica eases off she will be able to sit up comfortably and do the bookwork she needs to do for the upcoming school year - that's just the thing to keep her off her feet.

We have lifted the restrictions on visitors, so if you would like to come by we would love to have you here.  Just call ahead so we can coordinate your visit with our doctor schedules and kid pick-ups and such.  Daytime and evening appointments are available!  <grin>