Home Safe and Sound

Hey all, it's the frog prince here. It's 12:11 pm today on the day of Crys' surgery and everything went extremely well. She even has pictures from the scope, which she was of course thrilled about!

They went in and cut the bicep tendon and then tacked it back on. There was some fluid, Crys could tell you what kind, but I don't know, it was on top, that was inflamed that they removed. They also filed down a bone spur, so the main things that were causing her pain should be gone and the re-attachment of the tendon should help the healing process.

Now for all of you medicine/health inclined types, I have lots of fun technical terms for you. First there was the decompression of bursae and spur and bicep tenodesis, which for those of you like me who don't have a clue about anything, that means they cut the tendon and then tacked it to the humerous bone. They reattached it by a single screw and some stitches. That's all the technical stuff.

Poor Crys had to get stuck 4 different times for her IV, her veins kept rolling out of the way once the needle entered the skin. I felt so bad for her. She entered surgery at 7:24 am and was done by 8:19 am. She has a really neat apparatus that wraps all the way around her shoulder and hooks up to a machine filled with ice water that keeps her shoulder iced. She actually recovered from the medicine they gave her really quickly, she still cannot move or even feel her arm at the moment though. They intabated her for her surgery to monitor her breathing, which means that they had to stick a tube down her throat and it has given her a terrible sore throat. My thoughtful mother prepared some home made vegetable soup for us and so she had some of that which is helping.

So there you have it. Our day began at 4:00 am this morning and while Crys has a fun day of sleep ahead of her, for a little change of pace, I will be playing the part of the nurse maid this time. She's a good patient though. But we are doing ok.