Dear friends and family,
Here is the latest on Polley's condition. Over the weekend she was in a great deal of pain. Monday, despite it being a Mexican holiday, we were very fortunate to get an appointment with Dr. Max Greig, a noted orthopedic surgeon who also happens to be the brother of our old landlord. Dr. Max spent about 2 1/2 hours with us, assessing Polley's MRIs. His diagnosis is that Polley has a badly compessed disc at the bottom of her spine. For you experts, it is the L4-L5, with some other damage to L3-L4. He sees surgery as the only option for relief. He did give her some cortasone shots, with an additional shot yesterday and one scheduled for Friday. He feels that this will see us through until our scheduled departure on March 4. At that time, we will get further assessment from Kaiser and proceed. If surgery goes forward, we will not be returning the Mexico for April-May. We are told that full recovery is about 3 months. We may look into another option which involves ozone and stem cell treatments, but it is experimental and is not the solution for all.
So, that is the latest. Polley has been relatively comfortable thus far, following the injections. She got out for lunch yesterday and we even got down to the Malécon last evening for sunset. So, all is not bleak. The skies are clear, it is an even 82 degrees nearly every day. How can one complain. More soon.
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