Torri's trip to the hospital

Since Torri's car accident on August 3, she seemed to have made a remarkable recovery.  In fact, the past few weeks she has been back working full time and she started a full load of college classes last week.  Friday night Russ & I met her and Bryce for dinner & a movie.  She says she hadn't done anything out of the ordinary that day however, later that night she was awakened with terrible back pain and muscle spasms.  No amount of medication would relieve the discomfort.  Bryce took her to the ER and they did repeat X-rays (thinking she may have a bulging disk or spine problems).  The X-rays were unremarkable.  The nurses gave her pain medication and sent her home.  Saturday afternoon the pain was back with a vengeance.  This time her left leg was numb down to her knee and she had shooting pains from her back down both legs.  Bryce and I had a telephone intervention and made her go back to the ER.  By the time they got there the pain was unbearable. They took her in for an MRI with the hope of finding the cause of the problem.  The MRI took almost two hours to complete and by the time they were finished she started having these odd muscle spasms throughout her body.  The only way I can describe them is they look like a seizure only she is alert and oriented. It is awful to watch! Immediately they decided to admit her to the hospital and medicate her to make the jerking stop.  Every three to four hours around the clock she has had to endure these muscle spasms. The MRI is inconclusive and we cannot get a straight answer as to why she is having these spasms. They are now saying she needs to see a Neurologist since the numbness has now spread down her entire leg and has made her unable to walk without dragging her foot. The pain continues around the clock. She was released today along with a bag full of medication and muscle relaxers (this is my child that wouldn't even take Tylenol for a headache).  They have scheduled a home-health nurse and physical therapy to come to our house tomorrow to reteach her how to walk and do basic things. She hates using a walker to walk and keeps telling me she feels like an old lady.

The whole ordeal happened so fast that we are wondering what to do now.  There is no way she can work and go to school full time in this condition.  Bryce goes back to work tomorrow and I am thanking my lucky stars I have not started my new job yet.  Will life ever calm down?