Over the past month Judy has been having progressive lower right leg pain and weakness. Unfortunately multiple injections, physical therapy, and pain medication were not reducing her symptoms. Her spine surgeon was able to see her Thursday, April 21st and highly recommended surgery. Luckily he was able to get her in the next day for surgery. He had to perform a decompression (removing a piece of the vertebra to make more space for the nerve) and lumbar fusion one level below her current fusion. The surgery took over 6 hours, but was successful, improving her nerve conduction by 70%! She had immediate relief from the right leg pain and doubled her strength scores. She will likely go home on Monday. She will need to wear her back brace for about 3 months and return to physical therapy. 

Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. May 14th will be one year from the date of her accident. A lot has happened in the last year, but because of the accident she is cancer free. For that we are thankful!