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Taking the tiny bit of good with the bad.
So the shoulder news is b-a-d bad. Not nearly the kind of progress the Ortho thinks there should have been and he is pretty much ready to do surgery RIGHT NOW. I bargained for six more weeks of PT because making that decision RIGHT THEN was just too much for me (I cried all the way home....) but he thinks it's "less than 50% likely" that I will have any improvement beyond where I am right now over the next six weeks. Sad times.
Really, I realize his description of all the horrifying risks was a good thing - he was honest about the dangers of the specific surgery and surgery in general - but some of them were VERY SCARY and YICKY and my stomach is hurting a little just thinking about them. "Well, if the arm bone is weaker than the tendons, when we do the stretching your arm bone could break.... You will be under general anesthesia, that's always a risk...." On and on and on.
The tiny bit of good news came in an email late last night. The professor from the class with my hardest final project (a full unit plan with three lesson plans from various different points in the unit complete with accompanying physical materials students would use, books, etc.) - and the one I felt least confident about turning in - asked me to send her an electronic copy of the accompanying paper because she is photographing the entire project to use as an example in class next semester and she wants to be able to lift out sections of the paper to use as well. Booyah.
Yes, I rock school. Too bad that isn't truly a marketable skill. "Hey, how would you like to pay my rent and in return...I'll go to school! And get good grades! How 'bout it?"
Now I really just want to get back in bed but since I'm up, sigh, I guess I'll go heat up my shoulder for 20 minutes and attempt some more futile exercises...
Comments
clearly, I am out of it, but you hurt your shoulder?! I'm sorry that the dr. news isn't better!!
But the owls are adorable. And congrats on being so awesome at school!
Ugh! Sorry about the bad shoulder news. Second opinion, or did you already get one?
The owls are indeed the cutest!
Sorry to hear about the shoulder. I hope the PT helps you feel better and gives you the chance to think things over.
Your owls have been encouragement for me to get back to my sewing machine. Just finished up a little project and might finally attempt machine quilting it myself!
so sorry to hear that the ortho wants to do surgery :( boooo! but i do love the owl squares. i hope the next 6 weeks see a lot of improvement with the PT.