Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Nick Update!

OK, so, I will now finally update everyone on my dear hubby and the shoulder surgery he had to have Jan 27. For background, Nick's left should got hurt somehow at a time he's not even sure on, and as a result, it would pop out of socket at certain angles, which was especially difficult working as a mechanic. It got to the point it was popping out while he was a sleep and relaxed and so once we had insurance for him, we decided it was time for surgery and since winter makes work a little slower for him, we decided then was a good time to do it.
  The surgery he had was a lot like the rotator-cuff surgery a lot of people had to have, but slightly different, though i forget exactly what they did and the name. They did have to shave off bone shards and pull up ligaments and reattach them where they should be to help hold everything where it should be. Recover has been slow and while Nick can move his arm up over his head almost like normal again, his outward motion is like 30% and barely improving as he sees the physical therapist. It does seem to be uber slowly improving, so the surgeon is having him stick with therapy, but because the muscles are do tight, they worry it could be massive scare tissue, which if it is, and it doesn't get better, he may possibly need a 2nd surgery, which would suck. Since there has still been slow improvement they are hoping therapy will do it, but it is always a tiny possibly surgery may be needed again if it stays so tight. So i guess we shall see. Hopefully we don't need it, but we will cross that bridge if we come to it.

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