Mom And Her Spinal Block

Mom has been having trouble with a pinched nerve in her lower spine, and the doctor determined that she needed a spinal block for the pain. After about a six week wait, she had the procedure this morning. In the late morning we took her home and finally got her to rest a bit to give the drug a chance to begin to work and hopefully give her a respite from the pain of her pinched nerve. It was quite a challenge to get her to rest... apparently the valium (or other anesthesia used) really makes her hyper, judging from the fact that she talked all of the way home, even though we could not hear what she was saying. Then she bopped all around the kitchen area like a limping energizer bunny. That's when we finally forced her to rest, and she has been sleeping for about two hours. We found out when we got home that she has to go back in a month for a second shot. Since we will be leaving long before then, we are hoping that sister Sue in NM will be able to be here for that epidural. We certainly do hope these blocks will work!