Good Night After All

Talked with Sandra a few minutes ago and Julia basically had a good night. At least Sandra was rewarded with getting to see the Julie we know and love for a while. She woke up a little after I talked with Sandra last night, was working puzzles, ate a little, and Sandra said she seemed to feel good enough to walk to the hospital which is about 5 blocks away (that is probably an exaggeration but still sounds good). The pain returned around 4:00 a.m. which is what they expected. From what Sandra is saying they wanted to do the epidural to determine if she could get relief from pain at the site they had determined for the block. Sandra says they are using the terminology of killing the nerve with the alcohol. That doesn't exactly go along with what the John Hopkins website said but they did also say that it should last 3 to 4 mos. So regardless of the technical terms sounds like they have a good plan and Sandra, Beth & Rich may get to see Julia pain free which would make everyone feel really good. I will blog again tonight after the block and we know more but since she seemed so much better later last night...I thought I should share the news.