Nathaniels Bad Back

Nathaniel and I went early Monday morning to talk to a surgeon about his MRI and to talk about different options he has. Basically the Disk between his L4 and L5 spine bones is so bad that if he twists or bends or hurts his back any further he will have loss of control over his bladder. He has lost the reflexes in his left leg and barely has any in his right. All in all, He doesn't really have any other option except to have surgery! The good news is that as far as back surgery goes, this is one of the more minor surgeries. The healing aspect isn't to difficult from the sounds of it either. The surgeon said he could be driving about four days after the surgery. Of course, it depends on how he is feeling. He also has genetic deterioration of the disk. There really isn't much he can do for that except lose weight, exercise, that type of stuff. I will post how things go after he has had his surgery. All we know is that he will have it Thursday, November 8th. We will know what time the night before.