It has been an interesting week. Last Thursday John took a new antibiotic for a bladder infection. By Saturday morning he couldn't move because of extreme back pain so I was forced to call for an ambulance. I watched them, in total hazmat gear, wheel him away. It was difficult to read his expression behind the face mask. As we only have one phone...he had to ask someone at the hospital to contact me with an update.
Eight hours later, after three calls to the hospital, I finally received a call to say that he was ready to be picked up. The final diagnosis was mild spinal stenosis...not dramatic enough to have caused such pain. Much to his chagrin he was released with a walker!
After a couple of days with decreasing pain he had a telephone consult with his doctor and discussed the possibility of the antibiotic causing the back pain. Apparently it happens in rare cases! We all know from experience that John is often the example of a "rare case"!
A small piece of a new painting
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