Saturday, February 20, 2010

YAY!!!

So good news first. On Thursday, the physical therapists re-evaluated my right arm after 4 weeks of PT every weekday. I have full range of motion again!!! YAY!!! Finally!!! On Friday, I was officially discharged from PT (again, for the right shoulder). It feels SOOO good to have my arm back. Monday is my follow-up with the Ortho Surgeon who will hopefully pass off my right arm as "fully healed". Okay, now for bad news. On Wednesday morning (EARLY...3am) I was sleeping on my belly like I always do. I went to roll onto my side and my left arm got caught under my body and dislocated. I popped it back into place (which gets easier each time I dislocate it) and went to the ER for an x-ray just to make sure I got it back in the right spot. Luckily I had. The ER put a lovely immobilization splint on it and told me to wear it until I follow-up with the surgeon. Yeah, took that thing off yesterday...it was driving me CRAZY! So, after hopefully getting my right arm signed off on Monday from Dr Romito (the guy who did the manipulation on my right arm), I get to meet with Dr. Humphrey on Tuesday to follow-up on my dislocation. He is the one that is going to operate on my left arm. Dr Romito referred me to Dr Humphrey (they're in the same practice) because Dr. H specializes in the procedure I'm having. Hopefully they can still do the surgery as scheduled on Friday (if anything, the dislocation will just make them want to do the surgery even more). I haven't heard back from the hospital yet regarding what time the surgery will be, but when I find out, I'll let y'all know. Thanks for all the support! One arm down, one more to go. YAY for finally seeing progress!

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