This morning I got back to the hospital and Al was sitting in a chair eating breakfast and actually smiling! He feels wonderful, nothing like it has been the last two weeks. Later this morning he walked part of the way around the floor and up and down a few steps. That's as much as he has done for a long while.
A part of the disc was broken off and had just been floating around for a while and it finally just landed next to the nerve and a blood vessel. Who knows when it happened, but he probably didn't have the pain until it found it resting place.
It really is amazing what can be done and what a difference something like that makes.
I think now the issue is going to be keeping him down, but that's so much better than it was before! He will probably go home in a couple hours.
Thanks to everyone for their help and support these last couple weeks.
Love ya!
Glad to hear Al is feeling so much better! I'm sure he didn't want to miss a summer full of campers! Thanks for keeping us posted!
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