I had a really rough night's sleep. I was so worried about my dad. My back was so uncomfortable. I kept waiting for a text. Finally Mom let us know that Dad made it through the night. I was so relieved. Greg told me that we were not out of the woods yet, and that Dad had a very serious and rough road ahead of him. Many, many thing could go wrong. But I was so relieved knowing that he was still with us.
I went back to physical therapy today. I was so happy to go. My back was so stiff and sore I could hardly stand up from my bed. The therapist really worked on me and helped me a lot. But he really wanted me to get my back imaged so that we could see if anything else was wrong. I knew that I had recently had a CT scan of my abdomen so I had Greg call our radiologist friend, Dr. Christian. Within two seconds he had my scan pulled up. He told us that I had two bulging disks, one that was pushing on a nerve, and some arthritis in my facet joints (along my spine). And I've lost 6 mm of space in those two vertebrae alone. I knew I had gotten shorter!!
He recommended I go see a doctor for my spine/pain. Greg told me that running is really quite bad for bulging disks. :(
The physical therapist and I had a long talk about it. He taped up my back and told me that if running doesn't hurt, then he thinks it's okay. But I really need to try to heal up before I run for the rest of my life. It left me really questioning my Saturday long run for the morning. When my friends texted that they were all heading up to the course for 11 miles, I turned them down.
We played outside for a while since it was cloudy and a slightly manageable temperature. The boys were swinging and I was pushing Lance. He LOVED it. The funniest part was Owen. He asked me to push him, but when I did, he laughed so hard--sort of like he was getting tickled--that he almost fell off. He was shrieking with laughter. And it scared him--in a laughing sort of way--so much that he dragged his feet to stop. Every time I tried to push him, he would laugh so hysterically and almost fall off. I kept saying, "Owen, haven't you ever been on a swing before?!?" And I don't know if he has really been on a swing for a few years. It was SO funny. While pushing the boys, my friend Jancee texted to see if anyone wanted to run a long, but local, run. I agreed. But I'm so nervous about my bowels since I had such a bad issue last week!
Finally Greg called outside to let me know that they had finished cleaning up dinner (we had mushroom steak and rice) and that we were ready to go get ice cream. We all went and had a great time. I didn't get anything because I'm so worried about my long run in the morning. But I had a few bites of Lance's.
We are still so worried about my dad. I texted him a message sending my love. I told him that I was too worried to even blog. I was speechless. That rarely happens.
We are all praying so much!
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