I was released from the hospital this morning at around 11:00 am. I am doing much better now. The nausea is gone and my leg pain is back down to where it was before the surgery and seems to be feeling better as the day goes on. The tingling I was feeling in my right foot for months now seems to have disappeared. I am getting up and around and Nicole says that I appear to be standing more straight and comfortable when I am up and walking around. I will give another update in another couple of days to chart my progress.
Monthly Archives: April 2016
Wayne Invitational – Day 2
Today was not only my surgery, but Day 2 of the Wayne Invitational. Needless to say, we were unable to attend. Jonny ran in two events today, the 1600 Meter Run and the 4×400 Relay.
In the 1600 Meter Run there were 80 entries in the race. Jonny was put in the fastest heat and finsihed 9th overall with a time of 4:32.03. Unfortunately, that meant he didn’t finish in the top 8 and earn his team any points.
Official Results for this race can be found here at FinishTiming.com.
His next race was the 4×400 relay. Again the team finished 9th out of 24 teams entered in the race. The team time was 3:33.34. Jonny ran the last leg in 51.5 which is a new person best for him. From what I hear, he looked absolutely awesome in the first 300 meters and kind of sputtered the last 100. He has still been recovering from being sick for the last couple of weeks as well.
Official Results for this race can again be found here at FinishTiming.com.
I’m finally having surgery
I have been dealing with pain down my right leg since October of last year. I am finally scheduled for surgery with Dr. Kahn from the OSU Comprehensive Spine Center. My surgery is considered outpatient surgery now and I am expecting a 1 inch scar. That is a lot different than the overnight stay and 3 inch scar I had for the same surgery 29 years ago.
Even though it’s outpatient, less than 23 hours, I spent the night because my surgery was scheduled at 12:30 in the afternoon and that didn’t leave a lot of time for observation.
When I woke up in post op, I was expecting to be pain free down my right leg. That wasn’t the case and according to the doctor the nerve bundle was crushed, but intact. The nerve bundle will take about an extra week to recover than we originally planned, so I might be out a couple of weeks from work.
Also when I woke from anesthesia, I was more nauseous than I usual. I never vomited, but I had the dry heaves several times. They gave me something for the nausea and some morphine for the pain and that knocked me out. Unfortunately it was when Ashley, Stephanie and Shane came to visit, so I was out of it when they were there. I remember listening to them talking which made me more comfortable anyway, even I wasn’t participating in the conversation.
It took them a long time to get me a hospital room and after Nikki left, I was passed back down to the recovery room for a couple of hours, before the found me a room on the 7th floor. I was transferred into my room around 10:45 pm. At that time I was wide awake and kept Nikki up with my constant texts until she finally told me she was in bed and I had woke her up. Lucky for me my nurse, Lori was a hockey fan and grew up in Toledo, where she became a Reds Wing fan and we had lots to talk about for the next hour until I settled down again.
Wayne Invitational – Day 1
Today is day 1 of the Wayne Invitational track meet held at Wayne High School in Huber Heights. Jonny is only running in one event today, the distance Medley Relay, which is an 1200 meter, followed by a 400 meter leg then an 800 meter leg and finally a 1600 meter leg.
Jonny was running the 800 meter leg today. The team finished 3rd out of 22 teams with a time of 10:35.37. Jonny’s split for his 800 was 1:58.
Official Results can be found on Finish Timing here.
I did take video of the race and here it is.
Fulton Relays – Lancaster High School
Jonny went to the Fulton Relays held at the Lancaster High School this evening. This was another all relay meet like the Elks Relay last week. Jonny ran in the 4×1600 Meter Relay and the Middle Medley Relay.
The first event of the evening was the 4×1600 Meter Relay. Jonny ran the 2nd leg in that relay and got the baton while the team was in 6th place. Even though the team was in 6th place, they were only about 2 and a half second out of first place. Jonny quickly passed a number of kids and went to 2nd place. He and the first place kid distanced themselves from the rest of the group. Jonny ran very well and posted a 4:30.8 in his mile run. The team ran the entire 4 miles in 18:05.92 and placed 2nd in the event against a Watkins team that boasts one of the best 1600 meter runners in the nation. The boys earned Granville 8 points for their effort. The boys also set a school record in the 1600 meter relay by 49 seconds!
His next event was the Middle Medley Relay. In this event the first leg is 800 Meters, the second and third legs are 400 Meters and the final leg is another 800 Meters. Jonny was running the final leg. The team dominated right from the start. By the time Jonny got the baton Granville was comfortably in 1st place. With no one to compete with, he put it in cruise control and finished his 800 Meter leg in a comfortable 2:02. It’s amazing how easy he makes that pace look and doesn’t appear to be laboring at the end of the race. The boys took 10 points in that relay and Jonny helped earn 18 points out of the entire teams 24 points at the meet. They also broke another school record by 20 seconds this time. I hope they give him a chance to run the 800 meter again with some competition to show his true talent and hard work. I did get some video of this race, but the camera was acting up and I didn’t get it started until Joe had already finished about 300 meters of his 800 meters.
Jonny is going to prom!
Jonny is going to prom this year with Riley Bruck. They were going with a group of kids from the track/cross country team. They all met at the Bryn Du Mansion for pre-prom pictures. From there they went into Easton to the Sakura Japanese Steakhouse. Then they drove back to Bryn Du Field House where the prom was being held.
Granville Prom 2016
Granville Prom 2016
Jonny and Riley
Jonny and Riley
Centerville Elk Relays
Jonny and the team travelled to Centerville, south of Dayton, to compete in the Centerville Elk Relays. This is an unusual meet in that almost all the races are relays, with several being medley or steeplechase type relays. Jonny was scheduled to run the Distance Medley Relay and the 4×400 Steeplechase relay.
In the 4000 Meter Distance Medley Relay Jonny ran the first leg of the race which is 1200 meters, the next leg is 400 meters and the 3rd leg is 800 meters, with the final leg of the race being 1600 meters. The boys time of 10:37.14 was less than a second from the winning time and 29 seconds faster than 3rd place out of the 16 teams that participated. Also they broke the school record from the previous year, which Jonny was part of, by 20 seconds! Jonny ran the 1200 meter in 3:13.9.
In the 4×400 Steeplechase relay Granville took 5th out of 15 teams with a time of 4:16.65 and hold a new school record in this event as well. Jonny ran the final leg in 60.3.
It was a very late night as the last race was starting around 10:45 and the kids still had over a two hour bus ride home. Jonny didn’t get home until after 2:00 am. They didn’t eat on the way home like he had hoped and after he ate something, and showered it was almost 3:30 by the time he was heading to bed.
A big thank you goes out to Mr. Pappas for taking some video of Jonny during the 4×400 Steeplechase Relay.
Lancaster Dual Meet
The team was scheduled to compete at the Lexington Invitational last Saturday, April 9th. Due to 3 inches of snow and very cold weather, that meet was cancelled.
This week was another home meet, which meant that after scoring sheets started coming in I didn’t get to watch the meet very much. Also, Jonny has been sick the last couple of days and actually missed over half a day at school yesterday due to a fever and coughing. I did stop long enough to watch Jonny run the 800 meter run, but I missed seeing him in the 4×400 meter relay. The 800 meter run started with a slow pace and Jonny didn’t take the lead until the half way mark. He kept the lead all the way to finish line and won, but with an unusually slow time for him of 2:05.2. But he still was able to secure the 5 points awarded to 1st place even though he was sick.
The video I was able to take of the race is below.
In his second race, the 4×400 meter relay. He was running the final leg of the race, and the team took first place with a time of 3:39.9. By the time Jonny got the baton, the team had built up a huge lead and Jonny cruised his 400 meters with a split of 54.7.
New Albany Dual Meet hosted by Granville
Jonny started his outdoor track season this year in the teams 2nd meet of the season. The team traveled to Zanesville on the 31st for their first meet, but the coaches held some of the varsity runners to give younger runners a chance to show them what they have to offer.
Jonny ran in the 400 meter run and the 4×400 meter relay. In his first race he easily won the race by over two seconds as Granville took first and second place in that race with Thomas easily securing second place. There were 14 racers in the 400 Meter Dash.. Jonny’s time was 52.8
In his 2nd race Jonny ran the final leg. They won the race by almost 7 seconds with the team completing the race in 3:39.9. Jonny finished his split in 53.1