Second year Day 84 - Thursday March 7, 2013

Today Bridgett said thank you to me for something (she asked for a pair of scissors and I gave them to her)---then she said, or I should say please and thank you like Kim Possible.  You remember Kim Possible I asked?  Yep, and Ron Stoppable and that ugly Naked Mole Rat!  She remembers!  Of course, I'm always so ecstatic when she remembers anything from the past--even Kim Possible!  Today was a pretty good day, although Bridgett was in pain--particularly in the lung and neck/shoulder area.  She regularly has neck muscle spasms.  I am still trying to find someone that can help address the issue of how to strengthen the neck muscles without putting them into a spasm.  Physical therapists did not help with this.  Even some everyday activities will put her into a spasm, which right now we are addressing with Robaxin when she has the spasms.  Of course, she was not prescribed something like Valium, even though the spasm is at times just terrible, because of the mind altering nature of the drug.  We don't need that!!  I talked about pain yesterday, and I was trying to focus on pain related to the accident and events following the accident.  I didn't talk about the pain that she regularly has at the site of her right ovary being removed almost a year to the day from her accident.  Her ovary was removed on 12.18.10 and her accident was on 12.14.11.  Anyway, she has lots of pain and after many appointments, ultrasounds, etc. they have determined that they believe that the pain is being caused from scar tissue.  This pain is usually worse when she is at a certain point in her cycle monthly and is something that we were dealing with way before the accident. That's the thing--she still has other issues that pre-dated the accident, like a bum knee from being injured playing rugby.  It still sometimes gives out and she can barely move because of the pain.  She does have a chopat knee brace that she wears from time to time to deal with this pain.  Also, she has random aches and pain, like where she broke toes or fingers playing rugby or soccer.  Anyway, this is kind of depressing talking about all of this pain.  However, like I said, Bridgett is a trooper and she doesn't focus on the pain.  She can focus on the business at hand most of the time and between pain relievers, muscle relaxants, heating pads, hot showers, massages and rice bags (with some homeopathy thrown in!) we do pretty well at pain management most of the time.  It will just be nice when we get to the point (hopefully) of not having to worry about all of this pain on a daily basis!  Luckily Bridgett's humor gets us all though the days!  She's a crackup and hardly never fails to get us smiling, laughing and sometimes outright hysterical!