The Unexpected
My wife and I have a vacation club membership that we mostly use as a meeting place with our family over holidays. We met there the week following Christmas. We arrived on Sunday afternoon and made arrangements for the others who were coming in later. About 3:15 a.m. my wife got up to go to the bathroom without turning on the lights. She fell into the shower backwards (4th fall in a month) and was in extreme pain. I got her back into bed, and later up again to go to the bathroom. The second time I got her back into bed, the pain was extreme, so I called 911. Long story short, she was transported to hospital where an MRI revealed a fractured T 12 vertebrae. A surgical procedure was planned for Wednesday. All went well, however her pain has never completely subsided. She had some immediate therapy that afternoon and again on Friday. She was released from the hospital on Friday and we drove 2 hours to our home. Now we are learning to help her get into and out of bed. I have r