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    Quote Originally Posted by Fentonite;[URL="tel:2351287"
    2351287[/URL]]Some of you know Calvin. He had to have emergency spine surgery. Suddenly went lame and was screaming with any attempt to move him. Unfortunately, I was out of town. My bride was able to get a friend to help load him into the car and she got him to the hospital. After x-rays, ultrasounds, and an MRI, they figured out that he had a bulging disc that had gotten infected. The infection ate the disc and much of both adjacent vertebrae. Luckily, they had a great neurosurgeon on staff who was able to operate the next day. It's been a slow recovery, with a long way to go yet, but he's happy and getting better every day. I've been sleeping on the floor with him every night that I'm home. He's in better spirits than I was after a lesser surgery!






    Calvin had a relapse / recurrent spine infection. He had another MRI this morning, and is back in the hospital on IV antibiotics overnight (as well as a ketamine/fentanyl drip overnight). Prognosis is 6 months of Antibiotic injections 3x/ day for 6 months, hopefully that will do it. Just thankful he?s still here for now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fentonite View Post
    Calvin had a relapse / recurrent spine infection. He had another MRI this morning, and is back in the hospital on IV antibiotics overnight (as well as a ketamine/fentanyl drip overnight). Prognosis is 6 months of Antibiotic injections 3x/ day for 6 months, hopefully that will do it. Just thankful he?s still here for now.
    Sorry man. Spinal infections are really hard to kill. So keep the antibiotics going as long as possible. You want that dead!
    ".45, it's like 9mm only for adults"-trlcavscout

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    Quote Originally Posted by UncleDave View Post
    Sorry man. Spinal infections are really hard to kill. So keep the antibiotics going as long as possible. You want that dead!
    Yeah, had MRSA in mine for 2 years.

    We're pulling for Calvin!
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