Doctor says "Wait"

We just got home from the hospital and our meeting with the doctor. Surprisingly, he recommended that we wait two more weeks and see how my back does. I think he was surprised that I was feeling better and he said that all of the I/V drugs that I’ve gotten over the past few days should work for 2-3 weeks. He said that the disk could shrink in size and stop being such a big problem. On the other hand, he said that if it starts getting worse at all, call him and we would move towards surgery.

We asked about the surgery and he did a lot to calm our fears. First, he said that it would be only 1 night in the hospital. He also told us that the hospital could do several things that would make us feel more at ease (like a private room, etc . . .). He was very kind and understood our concerns.

I’m not sure how excited we are about all this, though. Two more weeks is a long time. And then if I still have surgery, this is going to be a long road. It does give us time to think, though.

Continue to pray that we will have wisdom as we look at options and discern where the Lord is leading us.