WooHoo!  my fever broke.  However, I am still horribly sick.  Plus this morning my lymph nodes are swollen everywhere, which is good and bad, because it will start kickin butt on this bug (I hope) however, I am super sore all over and my digestive track is flipping out on me in the worst way.  I never even got out of bed yesterday.... ok, i was up like at 4 or 5 am and posted on here for a few minutes and that was pretty much it.  I don't even have the computer in the bedroom as I can't handle looking at anything.  I also can't handle reading much of anything either.... good stinkin gravy my spelling is so far off today.  I can understand with my lymph system being in psychopath mode, it is bound to diminish my brain function.  So it will be another day in bed for me.  I did sleep a little better, but not by much.  

Colton is a lot better, just has a little cough, but you can't hardly tell he was even sick anymore.  He just got home from work a little bit ago and is off sleeping now.

Steph had to take one more day off from work.  Although she is doing better, she is having a tough time.  

Lauren is doing good.  I'm sure she will be tired today after being in town all day with mom and EO.  

Oh, about mom,
so Lauren gave me the full report on what the doctors have said about mom.

So she saw a surgeon and a back specialist, and I don't remember who said what but they both were saying pretty much the same thing.
As they looked at the MRI or CAT scan (I forget which) the doctor showed how there are absolutely no remnants of disks left between each vertebrae, basically it is just empty space between them and with no disks, it is just going to continue to be super painful. And as the vertebrae are fusing together, they are making numerous tiny fractures in her vertebrae, which is another reason she has so much pain in her spine.  

Her veins are shrinking and closing up which is why she has no circulation in her limbs.  Because of this, she will never be able to have another operation again, as just putting her under would kill her.  Putting that with the fact that they have no idea where even to begin with her spinal issues, there is nothing they can do for her but try to make her comfortable. 

This also means she can never have any other heart surgeries either (as they thought she might need some down the road).  

As for the weakness she has, it is from the strokes.

As for her use of her left leg (which is dying) there is nothing they can do for that either.  

As for her right leg, she should be able to still use it for awhile to pivot from her chair to her bed, but there is no telling how long she will be able to use it.

the weakness in her arms... one is from the stroke and the other is from the arthritis.  The arthritis is really running rampant throughout her body and causing all sorts of trouble for her.

It was pretty much as we figured with her leaning forward or to the side and her not being able to breath, it causes pressure on her lungs and cuts off her air flow... well not just that, but with the circulation problem, her leaning is cutting that off too.  So she is going to have to keep her back as straight as possible. 

So lots of pain meds for her.  There just aren't any other options.  Lauren was stunned to see the pics of mom's spine, she said it was shocking to see.  No wonder she is in so much pain.  So we will just keep doing the best we can with what we have, and Jehovah will get us through it.