Ted's Injection

Well we are home again, we left on Thursday to go and get settled in the hotel because the next day he had another round of back injections, and i was stressed out and I was afraid that this was going to be as bad as the first injections where he was in so much pain he could barely get off the strecher, so i was very scared. So we get into the hotel early and we get settled in, Ted and i check out the place and they have a swimming pool and hot tub! YEAAAA. Then we saw that we had our choice of burger kind and taco bell! Yeaaa cheap greasy food, exactly what we were looking for, we were trying hard to save every penny we could so we could have a great time in Canada. There was tension with Ted and I we had a lot of worries about the next day's procedure. So we watched cheesy movies, and just laughed a lot!!

Well the morning came and we were both so nervous, so we arrive at the VA Hosptial early so we can take our time to do the things we need to do, and we get most of the things sorted out, then went to the dreaded waiting room, Ted was called in about 30 minutes after we arrived, and got settled in and next thing i knew there was a nurse coming out to talk to me about some stuff i had been worried about concerning Teds treatment, so we got that all figured out! Then i saw Ted being pushed to the procedure room, which was my cue to finish the tasks we started before the appointment, so i go and get his prescriptions and got his travel pay, then i went to shop for some comfort food for Ted so that he had something that he enjoyed just in case it was bad again for him, by the time i finished everything and got back up to the procedure waiting room, Ted came out, and so i was eager to see what was the results of this procedure. A few minutes later a nurse came and got me, and i saw the curtian closed and i wasn't sure what that meant, but i opened the curtian and took a breath and there was Ted off the gurney and getting dressed he was sore, and uncomfortable but he wasn't in the amount of pain he was last time, so i was so relieved, and my stress level went down a little, we still had to get back to the hotel which was 50 miles away and it was rush hour traffic so it took us about 3 hours to go 50 miles not getting above 45 miles an hour. So we finally get to the hotel room and i try to get Ted comfortable and we agreed to double up his meds for the day just so he can feel better and later the evening i went to the hot tub and sat and soak while Ted kept me company, along with my ducky friend. There was a duck there that swam in the pool it was so funny!! She gave me evil glances on Thursday as i entered her pool, to swim, but i scared her off and she left. But all weekend we had a pet duck!! And sometimes there were 2. It was a fun part of the day. Then a bunch of kids and their mom came around and we chatted with them, then the weirdest thing happened our landscaper and his girlfriend showed up! It was so crazy so we pushed the limits on how long we could stay in the hot tub, and just chatted, it was so good it helped me relax and forget about the last couple days.

The next two days were rough on Ted his spasms were rough and he's been so tired, so he's been sleeping a lot, and i've been hoping its just his body helping him heal, and nothing more. But today he got up today and drove home, so i was happy that he was feeling better, but i think he over did it, he's asleep right now! I'm trying to relax, glad we are home and in comfortable surroundings!!

So he's got another appointment in September and they want him a part of a pain clinic which would be every other week, so it might happen that Ted will be in San Francisco for the length of the pain clinic, so we have to wait and see about that, oh and after we get home from Canada we start a new medication regimine which will get him off the meds he is on right now, which means no more opites, but we dont want to do it before canada just incase he get sick!!

So that's the latest update from our end!!