[Vhfcn-l] Updated report on The Imposter Wife

[Ralph Stilwell]

All good news Chris, but you better get to the store, I'm betting they
still have filet mignon there!

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 4:56 PM, Arnold B Christensen <abc15 at mindspring.com>
wrote:

> Many people have been asking about how Jan is doing. So here goes.
>
> She was operated on or about 12 June.  This after having two discs
> replaced in her neck in Dec last year and was doing great on her
> rehabilitation.  That was until what we call the attack of the spur.  So
> her surgeon had to go in and remove her C6 vertebrae and put in what they
> call rods to keep her head in alignment.  Big honking neck brace on her
> when she came out of that surgery.  Next morning back in again from the
> front and found out that the spur was not just touching her spinal cord as
> seen in the MRI picture but was in fact half way into the cord...which can
> lead to some serious problems where she would never walk again or control
> herself depending on what damage the spur might have done on its way into
> the cord. OR...maybe it did little or no damage as it penetrated.
>
> Well here we are 6 weeks later and it would appear that she got away
> cleanly.  She spent 2 weeks in the hospital rehab center and she was doing
> great.  They sent her on to a separate rehab place and in the 2 weeks she
> was there she continued to excel.  The staff at both places were very
> surprised at how well she advanced.
>
> She wanted to come on home after two weeks because they are always waking
> you when you are asleep to take your BP, check your oxygen level take
> another blood sample  or see what you want for breakfast.  They had great
> meals there!  So anyhow...the staff agreed that she was more than ready to
> go home.  I thought she should stay there for the daily Filet Minone that
> was available and you could have it for dinner every day of the 100 or so
> days she could stay. The way it works is that day 1-20 Medicare pays 100%
> of all costs. Day 21-100 Medicare pays 85% of everything but Tri-Care for
> life picks up the rest of it up to the 100% mark.  I am glad I stayed in
> the Army for 20 believe me! She was treated like a Queen in both areas of
> the hospital and at the assisted living/rehabilitation place.
>
> So she is home and able to walk with and sometimes without the walker. I
> make he meals for her and wait on her for everything. She is able to take a
> shower and to wash her hair. She can stand up behind the walker and get 80%
> of her dressing done.  She has PT person come in 3 times a week and a OT
> person come in 2 times a week.  She dismissed the speech therapist after
> learning that if she sat up straight her food and pills would go down her
> throat a lot better.  She has an ongoing Thyroid problem going on for
> several year that an ENT stays on top of. She is taking time to work in her
> office taking breaks every hour, catching up with emails with her friends
> and continuing her writing on her next book.
>
> So there it is.  She is doing good although if it had been me I would have
> had the filet mignon dinner every night for as long as I could stand it.
> There is no Filet of anything in our two fridge/freezers at home I tell you
> all! >:-}
>
> As always we thank all of you for your nice thoughts and prayers.
> Chris
>
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