I just her from the surgeon. It was kinda funny because I had started to dial their number when the phone rang and that's who it was.
I was told that Lucy is a lot more comfortable today. She is able to lift her head and turn it a little bit with little discomfort. It hardly hurts to be picked up. She still can't stand up, however, as she doesn't seem to be able to feel her legs on the right side.
They do expect this to improve and she should eventually walk, but she will probably always be weaker on the right side of her body. There was quite a bit of damage to her spinal cord.
They feeding and watering her by hand. She is catheterized, but they are removing that today and hope that she can urinate on her own. If she can urinate on her own, she will have to be held in a position where she can do that several times a day. Otherwise, her urine will have to be expressed and they will show me how to do that. It sounds like if she continues to improve I will be able to bring her home tomorrow.
I asked about brain damage and there doesn't seem to be any; for which I am very thankful. She should continue to improve for 6 to 8 months and any function she doesn't have back by then will probably not come back. |