First I wanted to thank you all who sent prayers and good wishes to Mister’s recovery, I really believe in the power of prayer.

Wednesday is one week since Mister had spinal surgery and I’m glad to report he is doing AWESOME!  The first few days home were hard, as expected.  Thursday night when he came home, exhausted, we chilled and put the kids to bed then got him into the shower. 

After the kids went to bed we sat together and talked.  Mister still apologized for “ruining” my birthday dinner.  lol  Immediately I dismissed it with a big hug, kiss and told him You didn’t die nor are paralyzed, that’s the best gift ever.   Then I cried in his arms.

Since the surgery he has shown amazing progress, he is now walking without bumping into walls and stuff because the numbness/tingling in his feet are subsiding, slowly, daily.   He has also began to regain strength in his hands and grip.  The following day after his release I served him his coffee in his regular coffee cup, which is a stoneware BIG cup.   I was surprised when I checked on him that he hadn’t touched his coffee (Mister is a coffee whore and not drinking his morning brew is a surprise).  Come to find out the mug was too heavy for his hands!  lol  I hadn’t even thought about the changes that would need to be made.  Luckily I found a diner size cup in the cupboard which was smaller and light enough for him to hold so he now can get his coffee fix without issue.

Since he still has staples in the front of his neck (which I tell everyone looks like a sideways zipper) he can’t shower by himself yet, so I get in the shower with him, while he turns away from the spray, and wash him up.  Then we move to the kitchen sink where I wash his hair.

Over the five days he’s been home he’s not only walking better but finally able to do things for himself, like pour coffee and cook.  I went balls out at the market last weekend to buy enough food so i wouldn’t have to go grocery shopping for almost a month and  be able to crock pot cook.  But tonight he cooked dinner all by himself!   I’ve gotten to the point where, as hard as it is for me, I’ve got to let him learn to do stuff on his own so he can rebuild his strength.    He even vaccumed the house for me on Monday!

He goes on Thursday to get the staples removed from his neck and that will help his showering independance BIG TIME!   Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind showering with him but it hasn’t been the romantical thing of our past.  lol

And through it all he hasn’t lost his sense of humor.  The other night we were joking around and I toldhim if  he didn’t shut up I was going to chase him around the living room with my staple remover and pull the suckers out myself!  He said that’s fine as long as I keep the magnets away from his neck!  lol

The only major sucky thing about his recovery is that he doesn’t sleep well at night with the neck brace on.  We’ve been going to bed close to 11 and he’s up by 1:45 to go to the recliner for a bit then wakes me up again close to 1am to help him back to bed and then is up again by 3′ish.  I’ve gotten little sleep this week but I’m not complaining (too much lol).

So he’s doing so much better but I’ve told him that his 2009 season on our new jet ski is done because I do NOT want him reinjuring himself for a few hours on the lake.   There’s always next year.  Thankfully he doesn’t fight me on things like this.

So that’s the update on Mister, he’s healing just fine and will have (hopefully) a full recovery.  Thanks again for all the good wishes and prayers.

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