Saturday, January 10, 2009

Update on Shad

Shad went for a follow-up visit to the doctor. He keeps having extreme pain above where the doctor told him the compressed vertabre is. Shad made them X-ray higher (you gotta love "medical professionals") and sure enough T12 is pretty much fractured right down the middle (it is worse than L1). All they can do, unless he wants to have pins put in, is wait and let them fuse back together. He is still on drugs for the pain and can't lift anything very heavy for another month or so.

6 comments:

~Our Family~ said...

Aud tell Shad I hope that it starts feeling better soon.. I hate when the back doesn't feel good.. I hope you guys are doing great though.. talk to you later

Lindsie said...

Sorry to hear this. We hope Shad gets feeling better soon. We'll continue to pray for you guys! We miss you!

~Our Family~ said...

Hey Shad I can make it up to you by inviting you to the next monster truck show in Feb... I don't do Chocolate chip cookies sorry.. I was just teasing you anyway.. I'm not your keeper and you don't need to tell me when your in town but I would have loved to see you thats all.. Don't be mad I'm not.. We are going to go again probably to the monster trucks its called Monster Jam and its at the e center in west valley on the 13th and 14th of feb... Take care

idona jepsen said...

I'm soo sorry for all your pain..I wish I could take it away from you..last year wasn't a very good year for aches,pains,accidents & surgery...I pray this year will be better!!! I know HE answers our prayers!!! I'm so grateful to still be with and know my sweet family is alright,despite the bad bumps you've had along the way..I love and miss you ALL so much!!Sooo looking forward to Seeing YOU soon!!!love,MOM/gramma p.s.pics are adorable!!

Torrie Family said...

Hi Jepsen family,
This is Shad's long lost cousin, Tonya, from Canada. Your family is adorable and we hope to meet you some day! (Hope you don't mind if we keep checking out your blog).
If you ever need a fun vacation you are welcome to come stay with us. We are really close to the mountains...

Jenni Anderson said...

Shad and Audrey,

I was sad to hear about Shad accident. But glad to hear he is recovering. I'm sure it has been tough on all of you....