We are Back Home and All is Great...

Pam did great and got released from the hospital early an we are now back home. She is in quite a bit of pain, as is to be expected, but doing fantastic.

Here is a pic of her when she first got to the room after her surgery and recovery section stay. It shows a good pic of her new neck brace that she will have to wear for a few weeks...



Here is a pic of the 'scar'. It has a covering of surgerical 'tape' but appears like its going to not be very noticeable at all. I am amazed that they can do all that work on her spine from the front of her neck. Its on the same side of the neck as mine, so we are now 'twins', but mine is much more narly and rad than her's...



This next pic is as she was leaving the hospital. The little white and gray Japanese looking cartoon thing on her chest is the control unit of a Cervical Fusion System. It wraps around her neck and stimulates the bones to grow quickly. She has to wear it 4 hours a day and she said it cost about $ 4,000. I am again amazed at medical technology.



She is currently sleeping from the pain meds and will probably not be wanting to talk much for a day or two, but what do I know... I just wanted to let everybody know that all went much better than expected, or at least much better than I was expecting, and if the doctor is right about how quick she will recover, she is planning on returning to work next week. If that happens, I will really be impressed based upon all my experience with such 'fun'...