Update on my mom

A few months ago, my mom was in a car accident and totaled her car. She has had neck, shoulder and upper back pain since and the pain has started radiating down her arm. She had an MRI done a couple of weeks ago and was sent to a surgeon/specialist.

Today she had surgery to remove a bone fragment that broke off in the accident and also a disc-ectomy (where they remove a disc?). She has herniated discs and numerous other things going on in there.

My sister finally got a hold of my dad a little while ago. My mom is in recovery still, sleeping. My dad hasn't been in to see her yet. They removed all the bone fragments and are pretty sure that is what was rubbing on the nerve, damaging it and causing her the pain. The nerve will need some time to heal and then we will see if it helps. The surgery went well and she is fine. I wasn't nervous or worried until I couldn't reach my dad, and then my sister Heather called to tell me the same thing! That's when she called the hospital and was reassured. Mom is supposed to spend the night in the hospital and go home tomorrow, but everything went so well, they think if she is feeling ok, she may be able to go home and rest! I know that would make her (and my dad, who doesn't really like hospitals) feel more comfortable and relaxed.