More MRI fun

Dr. Smyth just called and said that there is a bulging disk at L3-L4. The pictures they got can not tell them conclusively is the disk is pushing on the spinal cord. They want a few more pictures. So Sammy goes next Tuesday to have a few more pictures taken (at no charge to us, thank goodness). They are going to put another Fentanyl patch on her tomorrow to get her through the weekend and then we'll see. If there is no spinal cord involvement, we will try letting the Fentanyl patch wear off and see how she is. If she still seems very painful, then surgery will be the treatment. If she seems to do better, then we will give her steroids and oral pain meds and continue to have her rest to see if things improve.