Update on Rodney
Thanks everyone for the well wishes for Rodney. For those of you who are new to my blog you can read HERE about what my husband has gone through and why I'm writing about it now. Back to the appointment he had on Friday....he initially went in for his lower back. He had an x-ray done and the doc didn't see anything abnormal in that area and told him to try a couple of new things to see if it helped any....medicated patches, heating pad, pain meds. If not, go back in and see him. He said he did notice something else though.....Rodney has new bone growth on his pelvis (it is right above where the ball joint is) which was NOT what we wanted to hear. I'll back track a little....after his intial injury he had numerous surgeries to repair his pelvis. He had completely shattered it. Because he had such a serious pelvic injury and had major surgury he was at high risk for developing heterotopic bone formation. A little over a year after his initial surgery he had developed this growth which causes a ton of pain and little range of motion. He had surgery to remove it and had radiation therapy to help 'kill it' and prevent it from returning. He felt somewhat better after and was not in quite as much pain and his range of motion had improved. Well, it is now back again causing pain and poor range of motion. So unfortunately it is not the news we were hoping for. The doc says it is Rodney's decision to have this done or not but that if he did it should help with his pain and ROM, like before. The thought of having surgery again and being cut from the middle of his side to the middle of his thigh scares him and me too, to be honest but I will 110% support whatever decision he feels comfortable with. I wish I could take half of his pain away....if I could I would do it in a heartbeat!
Thanks so much for listening! Have a great day!
((HUGS))
