Hey look we're walking.

Night 3 was better for Kim sleep wise. I think she actually slept for several hours. The nurse did not hook up the last bag of pain meds and Kim did feel better when she woke up. Nurse came in after breakfast and two big things happened. 1- Catheter came out and 2- IV removed. So now Kim is free to roll around her bed trying to get comfortable. She was feeling a little dizzy so no shower today.
While she was getting settled in after the bedding change the PT Tech came in. Kim sat up,got out of bed and...WALKED. She walked about 60 feet to the door of her room and back to her chair, she sat for about 10 minutes until she felt a little pain in her back. She got up and went back to bed. Dr Clavel came in and saw her sitting and was very pleased. Told her she is doing great and we will walk more this afternoon and even remarked that he thought she looked taller.  Dr. Clavel also showed me the inter-op x-rays of the discs he put in. Interesting to say the least. Kim is still having some issues with dizziness at times but it is definitely getting better each day.  More later.

Mark