update 2

This afternoon, Ron received again a phonecall from Martini Ziekenhuis, his operation this coming Monday (February 3) was re-scheduled for next Friday (February 7, 2009)....

update

Today, Ron received a phonecall from Martini Ziekenhuis... Finally, he had a schedule for operation on Monday (February 2, 2009) in the afternoon. Please pray for God´s blessings for his coming operation... Thanks!

God Bless you!

Mireille's 2nd birthday - Photo Album

Anesthesist (Anesthesiologist)

Yesterday, Ron went again to Martini Ziekenhuis. He had an appointment with the Anesthesist (Anesthesiologist)... This is in preparation for his coming operation... They made another x-ray photo of his back, where he had a herniated disc.
As for now, we are still waiting for the schedule of his operation...
Also yesterday, Ron's special bed was delivered too...

Mireille 2nd birthday - January 24, 2009

Mireille's 2nd birthday

Last Saturday (January 24) was our daughter's 2nd birthday. But I was sooooo busy then so I don't have a chance to write or greet her here in my blog on that day...
We have two days celebration, 1st on Saturday of course, then on Sunday, some of my filipina friends came too... my husband is still on sick leave because of his back pain, but he wants to have celebration for Mireille's birthday because, last year he was not in Manila when we celebrated Mireille's 1st birthday...
Here in Holland, we can already say that Mireille is already a peuter (toddler), normally starting 2 yrs. old till 4 yrs. old... But i remember there's an expression "terrible two", i hope it will not be so terrible at all, hehe! anyhow, i can see already the character she had... for sure Mireille was such a sweet girl ha...

Happy birthday "anak".
May God continue to bless you to be holy, bright and beautiful person.

I love you! Ik hou van jou! Mahal kita!
-Papa en Mama

Neurochirurg (Neurosurgeon)

Today my husband went to the Martini Ziekenhuis, finally he was examined by Neurochirurg (Neurosurgeon) and told Ron about the evaluation of his MRI scan... Ron's case was really EMERGENCY, that's why he should really have an operation... Actually as early as the first day he felt the back pain last December 24, he should already come to the hospital in an ambulance... But of course, we don't know... When Ron called a doctor last December 24, the doctor said the ambulance is only for life danger cases and if we insist for the ambulance to come and the doctor examined that it's not emergency then for sure we will have a Penalty to pay worth thousand euro, and as i've mentioned on that moment we really don't know what is the source of Ron's back pain... Anyway the Neurosurgeon was amazed to see Ron today, that there are still moment that Ron can walk, normally with what they see in the MRI scan, they thought that it's not possible for him to walk because of such pain.... Of course with the help of medicines he's taking now, then there are moment that Ron don't feel so much pain... I remember when Ron told me that the doctor was wondering how he could walk with his situation... I think like what I've prayed for "that angels will be sent for Ron to help him and ease the pain...

Next Tuesday January 27, he had an appointment with the Anesthesiologist, before they will give the schedule for operation...

Afspraak (Appointment)

Today my husband received a phonecall from Martini Ziekenhuis, instead of his afspraak (appointment) for Neurosurgeon on February 12, he had a new schedule... on Wednesday, January 21... I think it's really better for Ron to have an appointment with Neurosurgeon as early as possible, so they could decide if it's emergency case for him to have operation or not...

Like what I've mentioned in my Medical System blog here... Afspraak or appoinment is very important here...

Lumbar Herniated Disc

Finally after three weeks of thinking and thinking what exactly the problem with Ron's lower back pain and left leg pain... We got the result of MRI scan... Confirmed that Ron have Spinal Herniated Disc or Lumbar Herniated Disc to be specific...

Of course, I don't really understand what it means and how it goes with herniated disc so I tried again to read some information from internet... I found some information from www.orthopedics.about.com, (http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/herniateddisk/a/ruptureddisk.htm) it is well explained there but for course there are lots of medical website who can really explain more...
I found also an explanation in a video in www.spine-health.com (http://www.spine-health.com/video/lumbar-herniated-disc-video) then i understand why Ron had such lower back pain...

As for now, Ron still on sick leave because the lower back pain is still there, but of course the medicines his taking now like morphine, lyrica and diazepam (3x a day) are helping so the pain will not be so hard... Ron receives a letter from Martini Ziekenhuis (in Groningen), on February 12, his appointment with Neurosurgeon... I've read in internet that it is usual that for a patient with herniated disc, to have 6 weeks under observation with the development before the Neurosurgeon will decide if the patient need to undergo an operation....

Please help me pray for Ron to get well very soon... Thanks!

MRI scan

My husband had his MRI scan today at St. Lucas Zienkenhuis... then we are going to wait for a week before we will get the result... This is important for the doctor to know exactly what's the cause of Ron's lower back pain and left leg pain since December 24....
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I tried to get some information what is MRI scan. In Wikipedia MRI means - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI), is primarily a medical imaging technique most commonly used in radiology to visualize the structure and function of the body. It provides detailed images of the body in any plane. MRI provides much greater contrast between the different soft tissues of the body than computed tomography (CT) does, making it especially useful in neurological (brain), musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and oncological (cancer) imaging.