Thursday - December 7

 Posted by Mark (with lots of input from Pat)

I am tired and ready to describe today in 100 words or less.  Pat says No Way!  Since I know how to stay married for 54 years, here we go:

Pat had a good night sleep.  At some point her incision started itching like crazy.  However in the morning she was fine.

Pat exercised then we went downtown.  First stop was Peter's coffee shop.  Great to be back.

Then I went for a haircut and Pat went for a Pedicure by Alisa.  Pat was "in heaven"

After that stopped at Mason's and got a lobster roll to share at home.

After Lunch we headed to Ortho appointment with the PA Michael Young. Davis the tech took some "painful' X-Rays.  Then we met with Michael.  He said the X-Rays looked great.  Everything is "as it should be".   However he said the incision looks like she has an allergic reaction to the Dermabond which is the glue used to seal the wound.   He asked if she has been having itchy spells.  Talk about perfect timing after her spell last night.   He recommend she try Benadryl for awhile.

She asked about her fingers.  He thinks it is caused by swelling in her upper arm that is pushing on the Radial nerve which goes down the inside of her arm controlling the 3 fingers.  He thinks as she uses the sling less and less it will improve.  She can remove the big 'pillow' that is attached to her sling.   When she is at home and protected she can leave the sling off.  

He wrote orders to continue outpatient therapy.   Hope we hear from them soon.

After the appointment we stopped by the hair salon where Jewel is back to work to set up more appointments for Pat.  It was only 1 block away.  Jewel was working today and she had a brief emotional visit with Pat.  She lost her home during Hurricane IAN and she wasn't back to work for a full year.  While they were gabbing I got Pat's haircuts set up thru April.

On the way we hit some traffic congestion, par for the course in Fort Myers.  Stopped at Walmart for some prescriptions and a few groceries.

At home we heated up the Lasagna from Elisha. 

Now settled in for a Hallmark movie.