September 12, 2012

This morning, Anne had her back surgery to repair the compression fracture in her spine.  Although there were two fractures, only one of them could be repaired with the cementing tecnique the doctor used.  Surgery went very well, the main fracture was able to be repaired and stabilized.  Although it was supposed to be an outpatient procedure, they decided that they would keep her overnight so that they could run an MRI and CT scan with contrast in the morning.  Thursday morning, Anne called the house and seemed to be in better spirits, although, by the time she came home Thursday afternoon, she was in a great amount of pain from surgery.  Her pain levels haven't really seemed to level out much, she is still in quite a bit of pain throughout the day.  We are all hoping that this will get better as the second break heals.  The one thing we are worried about, however, is the fact that we have heard from many sources that bone cancer is one of the most painful cancers you can have.  I guess we will have to see throughout this journey, but we are all in it together and we are willing to do whatever it takes to fight this disease.