Dennis may need surgery

Christine drove Angela down last weekend for the basketball tournament because Dennis did "something" to his back last week lifting the lawnmower. He had an MRI and it shows a hierniated disc at the L3 L4 level. He didn't like the doctors in Elmira that he's been to so far so he has an appointment in Rochester next Wednesday. He says he wants to have surgery to fix it so I'm asking for prayers that all goes well.

The famous "Cunningham Back" has struck again. I feel bad for him, he's never had surgery, and IV or been in the hospital because of sickness. The only time he's been in the emergency room was when they had to sew his nose back on his face after the dog attacked him. He's always been so healthy - he's only had 1 cavity in his teeth his whole life. Poor kid doesn't know what pain is and he certainly doesn't know how to sit still. This is pretty hard on him because he can't work and he has to let everyone else do it. The 1st doctor he saw last week didn't even take him off work so he was still going and the 2nd doctor told him not to. He still goes and sits around giving advise on how to do his job.

This is Dennis........after picking up the front of the lawnmower and hurting his back, he fell straight down to his knees. He even heard the disc "pop." So, no one was home at the time and he laid there awhile.......after a few minutes he was able to get up and ...... no, he didn't go call 911, he started the lawnmower up and mowed the lawn! Then he went up and sat in an easy chair and waited for Christine to get home. She's an RN so I can see why he would do that. He doesn't realize that he can do more damage by anything he does right now. I talked to him for a long time yesterday and I hope he understands that now.

I appreciate your prayers. Thank you