MAY, 2020
The month of May was about less of the being overly medicated, with better pain control due to the back shots. but these were still days of pain levels of 5's and 6's and not much moving around. Nathan was still doing work part days from his home office,but also having to think about how much time to take off, if he was going to consider surgery.
May 4 -Preventative services lab ordered by Dr. Okuns MD CBC w/Auto Dif for controlled type 2 diabetes w/o complication w/o insulin, Hgb A1C, TSH with Reflex for Tachycardia, Magnesium Level for Tachycardia EKG12 Lead for Tachycardia
May 4 - Dr. Okuntz, Primary MD - 220 lbs - Stop Naproxen, Start Meloxicam 7.5 (1-2), Restart Atorvastatin. See Pain Management Clinic, Decrease Nifedipine,
May 11 -Lab work for Dr. Okuns MD PDC (Nathan's Primary Care) which found lower hemoglobin (11) down from (15) at last draw on May 4. Therefore, Referred to Hematologist (Dr Yee, also an Oncologist, which we will again see while in the hospital in July).
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| May 10, 2020 |
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| Sitting for periods of time in such pain. May, 2020 |
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| Grandpa loves popcicles! And likes to share with teething children. |
May 11 -Saw Dr. Mirchandani, DO - Medical Services PSV - Plan for Sacroiliac Joint Injection
L5 SI join maneuvers (figure 4s) test positive, Eclasive lumbar Facet
Future Lumbar Facet Injections will require 3 appointments
May 14 - First Injection in the SI joint. It worked well. Got some days of less pain!!
Future Lumbar Facet Injections will require 3 appointments
May 14 - First Injection in the SI joint. It worked well. Got some days of less pain!!
May 24 - (An entry from Megan) This was the day that I was first worried. Being in Eugene and with stay at home orders, we hadn’t had too much interaction at the Woodburn Helwig House. Nathan and Tiersa were worried about getting sick and not being able to make the appointments (which were in high demand due to Covid precautions). We video chatted regularly and texted and messaged.
It was soon after Nathan had his injections. I was chatting with Tiersa on messenger and I asked if the injections did anything. She said, “They have...but not always working, which is weird. He does nothing and it hurts so bad. And he does nothing and it doesn’t hurt.” She said later on that she worries that it could be cancer and “ I have always planned for my mom to die. I have not planned for my husband to die. And suddenly I have moments of that thought.”
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| TV Lounging, Sophie loves having her own bed. May, 2020 |
May 29 - Dr. Mirchandani @ Sunnyside appt to discuss redo of SI joint Steroid injection, because Nathan felt like it was the right area, but just maybe not the right angle. He talked Mirchandani into a redo.
May 31- (An entry from Megan)
3 am Messenger notification from Tiersa:
“I am wondering if Spencer could come visit Nathan this afternoon… I think we’re talking about internal bleeding today, and that scares me”.
“Spencer will come”, I typed as we woke up.
This began times where Spencer would go and be at his house, and I would stay at home with the kids off and on. We didn’t know that this would become normal for the next few months.
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May 31 - Spencer and Ella came for a day visit. It was really special.
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| Treasured moments. Good discussions. |
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| May 31, 2020 |
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| May 31, 2020 |