It has been just over 24 hours since Shirlayne went in for surgery. She is in good spirits, she has bouts of nausea once in a while, but her biggest problem is with her right leg. She is numb from her hip down to her feet, almost like her leg is asleep. This numbness makes it difficult for her to move her leg and impossible to walk. Shirlayne mentioned it to Prof. Erdogru last night before he left, and he had a radiologist perform an ultrasound on her leg to rule out Thrombosis. Luckily, the radiologist found no sign of a blood clot.
Prof. Erdogru returned this morning hoping to find the problem was better, but when it wasn't, he requested help from an Orthopedic Specialist and a Psychical Therapist. Right now, their collective feeling is that the numbness is a result of the way she was positioned during surgery, or from inflammation due to the surgery itself, and that it will go away on its own. Unfortunately, walking is one of the major steps to get the tubes, and IV removed, as well as, be released from the hospital. We are hoping that soon, she will regain feeling and control over her leg, and be able to attempt to walk and get around.
As for the PNE pain, it is still undetermined. She is still on pain medication, and won't know the results until she is able to get up and move around.
...more to come
Keeping her in our prayers. Thanks for the update!
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