Staci's DAD needs Prayers ~ Pain *Fixed* ~ Back HOME & Recovering

Gather 'round for a Pet Talk Prayer Fest for Mr. M - Staci's Dad (and Keegan's GranPaw) ~~~

Mr. M is going in for some pretty http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/eek.gif Serious Back Sir Jury on Monday,
November 27, 2006.

As previously reported:

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Originally Posted by shais_mom

My Dad is having a pretty significant back surgery on Monday the 27th.
Please pray that God's hand will guide the surgeons
and this will help with his excrutiating back pain.
THANKS!

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He'll be IN the Hospital for several days; then begin a lengthy recovery.
Mrs. M is going to "camp out" in a roll-a-bed in the room with the Patient - so
he'll be in good hands and have a 24 hour Pillow Fluffer!

I'm not sure if the Hospital has an E-Card program or not ...
We need Staci to tell us WHERE he'll be - then I'll see what is available.

Meantime ... Some good ole PT Prayers are sure to help.

Here's hoping for a Successful Sir Jury and a Painless Recovery for Mr. M!! http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/wink.gif

/s/ Phred

Prayers on the way!

Prayers on the way from me. The kitty kids have their paws all crossed too!!!

Thanks for posting this Phred. Staci, I'm offering up mega prayers for your Dad and a very smooth sir jury. Like I said before, if you are nice to the nurses you get good drugs. ;) Hopefully we can send some email messages to cheer him up. Staci, does he even know about Pet Talk???

Staci, I'll be praying for your dad and hoping everything goes well!

oh my :eek:
I had just called my parents for something else and happened to go to PT for something and saw this. So I read him the posts through my tears (happy ones). He says a BIG THANK YOU!
Oh you betcha he knows about PetTalk. He knows that's the reason I have been to Dayton, Chicago, and LA twice! And he has met several PetTalkers including PHRED. Actually he and my mom stopped by the very first Findlay meeting when it was just Anna, Amy, Diana and I! :)
All I know is he is going to be at
OrthoNeuro
7277 Smith's Mill Road Suite 300
New Albany OH 43054
The dr. is thinking a 3-5 day hospital recovery but he told him he'd be out Wednesday! :eek:
Thank you all - I will keep you posted. I have tomorrow off and am going down to the hospital myself. Pray that I don't get LOST!

Prayers on their way for your dad's surgery. Prayers for you & your whole family. ;)

I hope everything goes well. I will be sending out good thoughts and hoping for a speedy recovery.

Lots of prayers and postivie thoughts for a successful sir-jury!

Staci, this is the first thread I've seen about this! I will certainly say a prayer that God will lead the hands of the surgeon(s) and bring your father safely through this surgery!

Please try to keep us updated!

Hugs,
Kim

Staci~

I'll be keeping your Dad in my Positive thoughts and Prayers for a very successful surgury as well as a lasting recovery.


I'll be certain to check back on this thread~ and don't worry, you will not get lost.

Staci,

There will be prayers & good thoughts for your Dad & all the family too. :)
It's good that you get to be there with your Dad.

i know these guys. they're good, careful, talented and trustworthy. ((hugs)) joyce
All I know is he is going to be at
OrthoNeuro
7277 Smith's Mill Road Suite 300
New Albany OH 43054

Prayers on the way for Mr. M! :)

My thoughts and prayers are with you all, Staci. I hope everything goes well tomorrow. :)

Mr. M is going to be at >>>

New Albany Surgical Hospital
7333 Smith's Mill Road
New Albany, OH 43054

Hospital Operator & Patient Rooms = (614) 775-6600

The "OrthoNeuro" location listed before is the Doctor's OFFICES ...
The Sir Jury Gang hangs out in a NEW and seperate Hospital Building.

They do NOT have an E-Card program ... not even a Gift Shoppe ...
it's a very SMALL, specialty hospital.

They DO provide some sort of "Wireless Device" hooked up through the TV
with a "wireless keyboard" for each patient to use in their room ...
but the Night Operator wasn't too hip on HOW the thing worked.

Hopefully Staci can check it out in the morning and let us know if
Dad can be "reached" on the Tube. ;)

Meanwhile - BEST WISHES to Mr. M!!

Staci, I'll be sending lots of prayers his way tomorrow:)
I hope the surgery helps his pain.

Staci, Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are being sent to your father. I sure hope that his surgery goes smoothly. Please continue to keep us updated about him.

Staci I hope everything will go well for your dad and his recovery will be fast.

Lots of prayers for your dad, Stace.

I hope this helps you a wee bit. Having back surgery was one of the best things i ever did. I was in the hospital for 3 days. The morphine drip is a blessing, as is the one day catherization because you just don't want to get up. Believe it or not, he'll get physical therapy probably the next day. The more he walks, the better the healing, believe it or not. I don't know if we have the same problem, but my heart goes out to him. Excruciating back pain sucks. Unlesss you've had it, you can't understand it. I'm the kind of person who totally trusts the doctors. Make sure he "milks" being babied! It's a hard road, but, believe me, day by day he'll be able to move better and better!

Feel free to PM me if you want. Give your dad a huge hug for me!

Staci I hope that your dad will have a very successful surgery and as pain-free a recovery as is possible. I like the idea that your mom will be bunking out with him. We will all have him, and you, in our thoughts and prayers today.

Lots of prayers for a successful surgery today!! *HUGS*

Woke up thinking about your dad, prayed for him, his doctors, and caregivers that the surgery today goes well.

Staci, I have been away and am just seeing this, now.

Your dad will be in my prayers today. I hope this surgery will be successful and his recovery will be smooth.

Logan

Hi God ~

Glad You're carryin Your portable phone-dinger wiff Ya.
You all *srubbed up* an wearin Your "skrubbies" fur da assist wiff Mr. M?

Please help da White Coats do a furst klass fix-up job on him -
he's purdy Important at home - an gotz a GranDawg that LUVS ta play wiff him!

Send a {{{God'sHug}}} out to Staci, Sis, and Mrs. M - let 'em know You're onna case.

We'll be standin by - Krossin Pawz & Klawz, an sendin Prayers.

/s/ the Prayer Pups anna Purrayer Kat

Prayers to you Staci and your family!

Staci, you can be sure that I am saying some prayers for your Dad that this surgery will do the trick for him. He has been in pain too long and has suffered enough.

I'll slip a few prayers in for you and for your Mom too - I can imagine how worried both of you are.

xxoo - the other Mom.

12:30 PM Monday ~

Staci just called ...

He's ** FIXED **!!

The White Coats just came out and gave the GOOD NEWS to Mrs. M and Staci ...

Mr. M's Operation was a SUCCESS - 2 Rods + 6 Screws - and now everything's
"Back in place ... He otta feel FINE!"

He's off to Recovery till about 2:00 pm - then he moves to his private "suite".

A few more PT Prayers will help with *Recovery* ... so please keep them coming.

/s/ :) Phred
:D

Glad to hear the surgery went well.I hope his recovery goes just as smoothly.

I am so glad that Staci's dad has come through this so well! I hope and pray that he will feel better. I read this last night but didn't get around to posting. Mr. M and family has been in my prayer and will continue to be!

Poor Mr. M!! I hope you get to feeling all better very soon! At least you picked a good time to recover...when its all cold outside and you get to sit by a fire and watch lovely Christmas specials and be with your fabulous family. :)

I'm so happy you're in such a great place (medically) and that you have a very strong support system and what sounds like excellent doctors.

Now, be sure and do what the doctors tell you. Don't be brave, you've just had sir-jury...take it easy, take the medicine when they tell you to and you'll be all better before you know it.

(((((hugs, prayers, love and warm fuzzies))))) for the whole family.

Love you, Stac!!

Love, Kelly :)

Stace just Texted Me:

"Pain is Kicking in."

Poor thing. Lets all step up the prayers that the nurses hussle with the pain medicine so that the healing can begin. (studies show that if the body is in pain, it cannot properly heal after a surgery)

Edit: Stace wrote again, he actually has 2 pain pumps and used one of them once. He'll need to get above that threshold and then he'll be OK. Poor guy. ((((gentle hugs, Mr. M))))

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Dear Lord,
Please be with Mr. M now that he's done with his back surgery. Please help to ease his post surgical pain and discomfort with medicine and Your peace. He's been through a lot today and needs his rest and relaxation, without that, he cannot begin the long healing process ahead of him. Thank You so much for the amazing surgical team You provided and for guiding thier hands and heads to do a perfect job on Mr. M's back, so he'll be free from pain and back to a better body.

Thank you for giving Staci such a great dad and his family, him.

Thank you for all these things I ask, in Jesus' Name. Amen.
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I've had Mr. M on my mind through out the day~


Thank-you everyone for providing these up dates~

I will continue to keep him in my Prayers for a smooth recovery , with no further surgury~ ever again. :o

Glad to hear that the surgery went well and he'll be feeling better once he recovers! Hope the pain meds kick in soon and he can rest comfortably tonight! ;)

Whew, that's good news! Will keep praying for a speedy recovery - he's going to feel soooooo much better.

:)

Staci's on the way home (@9:15 pm she's about 1/2 hour from home) and
called in this report:

Dad's doin A-OK - Fussin an hollerin that he wants to EAT!

* got fitted for a back brace
* got a walker
* did a 250 foot Hike inna Hall - Doc was *impressed*!
* pain pump only used once
* took a Valium and slept that off
* entertained the two Grand Kids and lived through it!
* still planning on makin a break for it on Wednesday - Doc said "We'll see."

Staci says the Hospital is Really NICE - and the Staff are GREAT!

She'll check in as soon as she sez "Howdy" to the Big Red Dawg ...
Keegan was going to be visited by the next-door neighbor today ...
and may be over at his house.

More Best Wishes for Mr. M - Feel Better Soon!! ;)

/s/ Phred

Glad to hear things went well today! Lots of prayers for a fast and successful recovery.

I'm so glad and relieved that everything went well. I had to laugh at this...

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* did a 250 foot Hike inna Hall - Doc was *impressed*!

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It was the same with me. What is it about doctors??? They give you a standing ovation for walking inna Hall and another one for sitting and giving them a good BM. Don't they have a life??? :D :D

Staci I'm so happy to hear that you dad is doing so well shortly after surgery. I'll keep him in my thoughts that he has a speedy recovery!

we are home!
pooped -
but none worse for the wear.
Yup I asked the neighbor to come and let Keegan out - he said he'd let her out a couple times welllllll, the big red dog spent the evening at the neighbors and even went on a car ride with him and their resident Shih tzu - Zoey! lol other then eating she hasn't done a whole lot since I got home she acts like she's been at the dog park or something! ;)
When we (sister and family) left dad was still harping over the fact that he still had the catheter in and he wasn't allowed to eat real food until morning. He's eaten 2 servings of chicken broth, 2 servings of jello, fruit ice, and numerous cups of coffee.
When he got out of recovery we asked him about his pain and he said there was pain but it was different. Not the numbing, cramping, tingling pain in his legs like before. The docs were able to straighten the spine and do one fusion - putting in 6 pins and 2 rods. Said that the nerves were restored and wouldn't be frayed like before. (I think that's how he said it)Yes, he got up and walked a good distance. - then got some Vallium - and the nurse said he's get a nice nap. I don't think she was out the door before he was asleep!
I can't say enough good things about this hospital. It was fabulous! My parents were told this morning that docs come from all over the world to operate there and patients come from all over the country to BE operated on! It is strictly Orthopedic and Neurological Surgery. They do about 25 inpatient surgeries and 25 outpatient surgeries a day.
I will call them tomorrow and report how he's doing.
My family wants to send deep heartfelt THANKS to each and everyone that thought of, prayed for us. :)
THANK YOU!