I bought tickets for Avynlea, Rylee and I to go see "Fiddler on the Roof" put on by the Music Theater of Idaho. They are the same ones that did the production of Elf. Rylee forgot to get the time off of work and was not able to go so we invited Alison who happened to be available which was great. I wanted to invite her originally but I never know her Temple schedule and I think it changes as they switch shifts with others in the Presidency. The play was a lot of fun, I love the music and I love that it reminds me of my Dad. The way that Tevye, the Papa, loves his family and takes care of them is what I saw in my Dad. It was fun to be there with Avynlea and Alison and we had a good time.
Kenedy and Gabi went to Pocatello for the night to go to Lauryn Warner's baby shower. It was fun for them to take a little girls trip and to go celebrate Lauryn one of Kenedy' oldest friends, they have been friends since Kindergarten. Crazy that these girls are all married and are now starting to have babies.
Kenedy, Lauryn and Gabi
I have been dealing with lower back pain for a significant amount of years. I have a constant pain in my lower back that is sometimes easy to ignore or one I just deal with but oftentimes the pain is much worse and I have had times where I couldn't get out of bed without help and have a hard time walking. Laying in bed is ok but when it is really bad it is hard to roll over and hurts so bad. I have been to two different physical therapists and a chiropractor with no help and no relief. I have finally decided to get an MRI and go to a spine specialist to see if I can get an answer to my problem. I had the MRI on the 12th of February and Avynlea didn't have to work so she came with me. I was a little nervous about going in the machine but my biggest fear was they were not going to find anything. They had me take my bra off and wear the shirt I came in with but they had me take off my jeans and wear the one size fits all scrubs which were huge! Once I was in the machine they gave me some headphones so I could listen a pandora station and I chose Broadway. The first song was Hamilton which did nothing for me but the second song was the finale song from "Six" which made me think of when I went with Avynlea and Rylee and how much fun it was and then I started tearing up thinking about Avynlea leaving, hahaha what a baby. I had to stop that train of thought really quick so I wouldn't be bawling in the MRI machine. Being in the tube made me a little uncomfortable but my head was really close to the opening and I could look up with my eyes and see out which helped me a lot. At least I knew that if there was a problem I could reach my arms up and pull myself out. I got a report a couple of hours later with my results which was surprisingly fast and this is what it said about my problem area...
L4-L5: Mild intervertebral disc height loss. Right subarticular disc protrusion displaces and likely compresses the descending right L5 nerve root. Facet hypertrophy without foraminal stenosis.
L5-S1: Moderate intervertebral disc height loss. Central disc protrusion without spinal canal stenosis. Facet hypertrophy results in mild left foraminal stenosis.
Included Sacrum: No acute or significant abnormality identified for limited evaluation.
IMPRESSION:
Degenerative changes of the lumbar spine, most prominent at L4-L5 where a right subarticular disc protrusion displaces and likely compresses the descending right L5 nerve root. Mild bilateral facet hypertrophy at L4-L5 and L5-S1, without significant neuroforaminal stenosis.
So now we know there is a problem and I have an appointment with the Spine Dr on Monday. I am so grateful to finally be on a path where I hopefully can get the relief and healing I need for this back pain.
Susan is Kefford's receptionist and her son works for a chips company and is often bringing home chips to his family. I think Susan got tired of all the chips being at her house so she brought the chip stand along with chips to the office for their enjoyment. Avynlea is working as Kelseys assistant until she leaves for her mission and she took a picture with the chip stand for us all to see in our family group chat.
