My 76 year old Mom is having back surgery this morning. Worried about her.

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Praying for her.

Prayers not only for her but for you and your family as well. Take care my friend.

praying they ease her pain.... 🙏

Prayers out buddy.

Hope all goes well for your mom Anthony.

She getting a fusion?

Prayers sent

Praying all goes well and for peace of mind for you.

Done. 🙏

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They just took Mom to the operating room.

Her procedure will last about 2 hours.

They are going to remove a disc and replace it with a prosthetic disc. Then they are going to fuse the joint.

After surgery and recover she will go to a room.

She should be in her room by 2PM our time.

They told me they will update me hourly.

As soon as I hear something I'll pass it along.

Thanks for the prayers.

Just doing the surgery at her age says some positive things about her... usually bone degeneration or heart problems would prevent it... Docs must have a lot of faith in her.. 👍

Luckily that type of surgery is pretty cut and dry. Fusions do add a bit of risk but the good thing about an artificial disc is that she can go about her life without much impediment. She will have general stiffness in that area and reduced amounts of pain permanently though. God bless you, your mother, and your family.

Prayers sent, Anthony.

Prayers for your Mom and her Drs. Peace for you Anthony.

prayers sent

Prayers for you both Anthony...and the doctors...

Still waiting. They've been updating us about every 45 minutes.

I'm feeling like she'll be fine. She's a tough old bird. She beat breast cancer when she was 73.

Just talked to the Dr. The surgery very well.

They removed the disc. She had bad arthritis. But he stabilized her spine with 2 or 3 screws. He also put some bone graph in between the L4 & L5 vertebra.

He's confident not only will her hip pain be relived, but he thinks the pain in her right foot will go away.

She's in recovery now. She should in a room in about an hour. He said she'll be here until Thursday or Friday.

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