Hubby is Stable Now
@bagarad (14283)
Paso Robles, California
April 3, 2021 2:02am CST
The doctor told Hubby early this week that he can be free of the brace now unless he is in a car or walking on uneven ground. He still has to see the doctor again in three months, but he's doing really well.
It usually takes two months or more for this kind of fracture to stabilize. A friend came to pray for Hubby's neck to heal in the middle of March. He was ready to ditch the brace then, but I insisted he wait for the X-rays. He got those X-rays shortly before I wrote the first post on this, but we didn't have the results until he talked to the doctor on March 30.
As soon as his forehead finishes healing we hope he'll be as good as new. The doctor says the X-rays show his neck looking about like it did in a set of similar X-rays taken in 2017. We are very thankful.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
4 Apr 21
Thank God, everything is going well! Good news, terrific!! So happy for you. 
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
6 Apr 21
@bagarad
Terrific! Now you & family can relax and get back to normal again.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
3 Apr 21
Glad your hubby is fine now. May he have a full and complete recovery real soon.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
9 Apr 21
@bagarad that's good progress - him getting to places on his own.
@wolfgirl569 (108144)
• Marion, Ohio
3 Apr 21
Happy to hear that he is healing well. Hopefully he follows the orders
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
8 Apr 21
@wolfgirl569 He wasn't as eager to go as I thought. He stayed home.
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@wolfgirl569 (108144)
• Marion, Ohio
6 Apr 21
@bagarad Good luck. Just make sure he wears his brace.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
8 Apr 21
@DocAndersen Yes, but I want to get it over with if possible.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
5 Apr 21
@bagarad you do have a few more weeks for taxes luckily.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
4 Apr 21
Amen. How scary this has been for both of you.
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@BarBaraPrz (47667)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
3 Apr 21
That's good. Tell him to not be so impatient and keep the brace on. He doesn't want to break his neck completely.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16789)
• China
3 Apr 21
Sorry to learn that your Hubby suffered a fractured neck ! Hope he will make a quick recovery !
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Apr 21
That is wonderful news and I hope he will now be healed, Many blessings to both of you,
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
5 Apr 21
He's pretty upbeat. He's like a dog straining at the leash to get out on his own and resume his normal life as if nothing happens. I'm trying to get him to take it gradually until his stamina comes back. He's spend almost five weeks sitting or lying down. He can't just assume he can do all he used to until he has walked more where it's safe and driven around the neighbor a bit to get used to driving again.
@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
3 Apr 21
Glad to know that your husband is a lot better now. Wishing for his full recovery. Have a great day 
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
5 Apr 21
He fell flat on his face on a cement sidewalk leaving the post office exactly six weeks ago. The photo shows what's left of the stitches remaining on the worst wound. He still has broken teeth that need to be fixed. The break in his neck did not affect his spinal cord, and may already be completely healed, but the doctor wants the brace to stay on in situations where accidents may be more likely, like in a car or walking on unstable ground.
