Claire's SCI Blog

Lumbar Land

January 8th, 2010

(a sign on the broken (or “injured”) door of our favorite coffee shop… gotta love Chinglish… have been sorely tempted to steal this sign and wear it to physio…)

So the last few days have been a bit rough for me, I had a difficult lumbar on wed night, the doctors had to try quite a few times to get the right spot, and believe me, we all breathed a sigh of relief when they finally got it. Poor little London was before me (cute little 2 yr old SOD patient) and they couldn’t get her to lie still at all so they weren’t even able to attempt her lumbar. Must’ve been a bad night for all of us. I felt bad for the doctors though, it must be so difficult sometimes when things just don’t go right for no reason. They were all really nice and concerned though and came and talked to me afterwards to make sure I was alright. Unfortunately yesterday and today I’ve had a pretty bad spinal headache, but the doctors and nurses are all so nice and efficient, they had me on IV fluids today to try and relieve the pressure (or lack of?). So I’ve been pretty useless. But it definitely hasn’t been all bad! So I thought I’d post some photos from our stay so far…

Playing “where’s Baron?” with my adopted son (Baron, ONH patient, and oh so freaking cute)

mum with her adopted baby Mallory (2 yrs old CP patient, and also freaking cute)

me with Baron and his “real parents” (just kidding guys, you’re awesome) Jenna and Peter from Townsville, Australia.

mum and I infront of the biggest bloody carousel I’ve ever seen, in the shopping mall across the road from the hospital (yes the shopping centre actually has a massive pirate themed amusement park in the middle/ basement level. With a roller coaster. And a river. With boats. It’s ridiculous.)

our lovely Brazilian friends, Fabricia and Fabiolla, who left on tuesday

So that’s about it for now. Hopefully my brain will stop exploding soon!

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