Update...

Hey everyone! I am finally feeling well enough to post an update. First, thank you to all of my amazing friends and family who have written and called. I have the most amazing support system! The surgery went great on Monday. I have an awesome surgeon who is widely respected all over the country. He found a lot more damage in my back than he was expecting, lots of nerve damage from the slipped disk. Things were going great and I went home from the hospital on Thursday. On Friday, I began to have extreme pains down my legs which made it hard to breath at times. I have to apologize to Erin for calling from Switzerland and having to hear me sob while I had a breakdown on the phone with her (Thanks for listening and crying with me and I can't wait to get my Swiss Chocolate "medicine"! Worried about blood clots, I was sent up to Utah Valley Hospital on Saturday by ambulance to get tests done and figure out what was wrong. All of my tests came back showing nothing internally wrong with my rods and screws and there were no blood clots. The pain was due to swelling around my damaged nerves. This was was so bad, morphin (which usually puts me out) did nothing to ease the pain. They admitted me back into the hospital on Saturday until they could get my pain under control. By Sunday night, I was feeling much better taking oral medication instead of shots so I was able to come home, today, Monday. It's been a heck of a week but I am feeling much better and hoping that the nerve pain is behind me. I still have to keep up on my pain pils to stay on top of my pain but overall, I am in great shape for being 1 week post surgery. My staples are out and my scar is pretty crazy! I make Kevin take pictures of it so I can see it! So thanks again everyone for your concern. I came home to several care packages from friends---lets just say I was completely spoiled this week! I love you guys so much! I am in bed on my laptop so send me an email if you have a minute!
Love,
Erin