Got a short note from Crystal today. She is out of ICU and in a room. She said the first 24 hours was rough, but today she is doing better. She said when the doctor operated, he said that it was much worse than thought. When she is up to it, she will be filling us all in.
So glad it over for her and for Becki.
Please send them notes for them to read later.
God Bless,
Abby
Abby,
Please let Crystal know we are thinking about her and praying for her. So happy that she's feeling better. It must be a huge relief to be on the other side now. Please keep us updated. I'll keep her in my prayers.
Wendy
Thanks for letting us know Abby, sending Crystal lots of get well love!
Glad to hear she is doing well! :)
Wow....I feel like I have been holding my breath for days !!!
Thanks,
Abby
Crystal, I am thinking of you and sending thoughts and prayers your way. Kendra
Crystal God bless thinkin of you. Sorry about all your complications.May the angels watch over you through it all. Buckets of prayers and blessing for you.
Hi Cryastal...
Just want you to know that you are missed here and cannot wait til you are feeling better...you are a special gal and you are in thought and prayer.
Hang in there.
Lori
Thank you so much for all the thoughts and prayers:) The last month has been pretty rough for multiple reasons. My surgery took two hours longer than it should have, because I had so much calcification in there. Dr. Ellenbogen knew my case was pretty urgent, but it was even worse than he had thought. He said I was dangerously close to paralization or death. I thanked my Chiropractor for giving me the referral to see Dr. E and saving my life, since both my previous Neurosurgeon and Primary Care Doctor refused to give me a referral because they said my case wasn’t surgical and not that bad. I finished my 2nd round of steroids last week and I’m on my 2nd round of antibiotics now. I finally got my stitches taken out last week and Dr. E is having my Primary Care Doctor check my incision weekly, so I don’t have to keep driving up to Seattle on a weekly basis, which is what I have been doing. On top of all this, three weeks after my surgery I found out that my sister, who was taking care of me after surgery, was stealing and taking my pain medication. I had no idea! She was undermedicating me to have more for herself and to keep me in pain so I would be dependant on her. My sister had her flaws, but I would never have thought she would do this to me. She ultimately stopped and confessed to what she had done, but my medication which should have lasted until August 11th was almost gone. I moved out of my house to get away from her. I found out a couple days later that her, her husband, and their kids ran to Texas, where her husband has friends and family. I told my primary care doctor what happened and and was told to file a police report, which I did once I had a ride available to go to the police station. I told the officer where they could find her, but she said they don’t have the tax dollars to pursue it. So, she basically gets away with everything. I was hoping that she would at least get help for her addiction down there, but I was just informed by my mom that she is now denying anything ever happened. I’m worried about my nieces and nephew, but there is nothing else I can do. I wasn’t going to share this with everyone, but one of the things this site is for is to share our experiences to help others and I don’t want this to happen to anyone else. My doctor told me that this happens a lot more often than people think. So, please protect yourselves and make sure your medication is secured even when you’re recovering from surgery. Now, I’m working on recovering from surgery and hoping no damage was done when I was dealing with moving out of my house. I’m back at my mom’s house and we’re working on our relationship. My mom had insisted that I not file a police report against my sister. I refused to lie to my doctors and/or take medication that I wasn’t prescribed, so I had to file the report. My mom understands that now and I’m working on understanding that the fear of her “baby” going to jail clouded her better judgement. I hope to be back here soon to help out, but right now I just need to focus on my recovery. Thank you again for all the thoughts and prayers…It means a lot.
Crystal
Crystal,
When your up to reading this know you have my prayers along with many others. I wish the best for you during your recovery.
Crystal,
I am so sorry that you had to go through that. I hope that things only get better from here. You definitely did the right thing for everybody. No one deserves to be treated the way you were. I am praying for you.
Wendy
Thank you all for the thoughts and prayers:) I hope no one else here ever has to go through something like this…We’re all dealing with enough already. I’m going to start a discussion about this topic to hopefully reach and warn more people. I am so thankful for the love and support I get here…I don’t know what I would do without you guys.
Crystal