Mandy walked down the hall today.
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About Me
- Amanda K. Bridgman
- I developed this blog so that family & friends could follow the recovery of my 5th Spine Surgery. When I was 16yrs. old I was dropped from a pyramid in cheerleading & developed a syrinx (blood/bruising around spinal cord)@ T7. As a result I developed spasticity & traumatic scoliosis. Avoided surgery for 8yrs. doing intense pt & w blocks. My curves progressed & I had 1st surg. in '02. The 2nd portion was never performed so I developed flatback, my surgeon ignored it so I found a surgeon in NC. In'05 2ndsurg(13hrs) A&P, cages,& osteotomies.4mnths ltr was leaning to L, my L-fusion failed & screws were loose so had 3rdsurg.,he made decision w/o consulting us to remove rods in Tspine. In'06 4th rev. to re-inst. rods, surgeon decided no & did work to L-spine,&added a 3rd rod, & a nerve @ L5-S1 was damaged. In recovery my parents & pts saw my R foot was contracted leaving me to live life in a wheelchair. I moved to OH. & had intense pt 5days a wk for 8mnths. Had 2 foot surg. 9mnths apart,an ext. fixator 4 mnths & cast 6mnths. Since 2nd foot surg. it is more functional. 5th spine surg.w/Dr.L is addressing sev. issues.
Way to go Mandy, looking good, standing and walking is a great miracle in itself, so proud of your progress, answered prayer and many more to manifest yet. Love, Aunt Norma and family
ReplyDeleteDon't look so mad. Just remember to hit that pain pump before pt comes around. Glad to see you up.
ReplyDeleteAtta girl Mandy!! You look so much straighter, congrats! Keeping you and your family in my thoughts and prayers. And wrigley looks like she's having a blast.
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