24/7 Mom

As most everyone already knows Jonathan's fatty tumors have returned and they are just as painful as before. He had the surgery May 25th and the middle of August they had already returned. He kept telling me it was just scar tissue from the surgery and I told him I didn't think so. Finally last week I made him go back to his Dr. to see if they had returned. (We were told they should never return in the same spot) he said yes they had returned and that was about all. We decided he needed to seek a new Dr. to see if there is anything else that can be done about them. The new Dr. has taken a more aggressive approach. He is wondering if there is a connection batween the tumors and the arthritus because they are in the same spot. He is doing testing and sending Jonathan to physical therapy to see if that helps with the pain (from the arthritis). Which leads me to the purpose of this post.

Last night Jonathan was telling the kids he was going to the Dr. so he could help him learn some exercises to help his back. Jacksen quickly told him he knew some good exercises that he learned at school. Something about tall, middle, long; he repeated this until Jon did it for himself. Then Jennah asked what kind of exercises the Dr. was going to teach daddy. Jon told her the Dr. was going to stretch his back out. Jennah got all excited and asked how much taller he was going to be after the Dr. stretched him. They are so funny!

He did go and the Dr. was very helpful and he thinks these exercises will really help with the arthritis pain. Now if we can do something about the painful tumors maybe he can get back to the way he was pre-fatty tumors.