Obama and Medical Things

I am very exited about the inauguration and President Elect Obama coming to Baltimore. Its too cold for me too be outside but I am having a gathering at my house for both events. We will laugh celebrate, cry, and drink some Champaign. We will remember bitter times and thank our ancestors for helping us endure. We will bury that bitterness with celebration and success.

I have pneumonia again but I am not hospitalized. I am on house rest with medications. I also have some big time medical decisions to make. They all evolve my spine. To do nothing I must continue to endure enscruiating pain and the possibility of paralysis. One operation requires inserting a needle into my lower spine and deaden 4 nerves. That will end most pain. The obvious danger is a mistake could cause paralysis. The second requires a much more complicated procedure. It requires complete anesthesia and opening up my back and manipulate the upper spine to prevent an old war injury from causing paralysis.