Melissa Gilbert shared an update on her health one week after receiving “life altering” spinal surgery. The actress went under the knife last week for her fourth spinal surgery after revealing to her followers that her pain had progressed to a point where it was “nearly constant.” In a new Instagram post, she shared a video that was made while she was at the hospital, featuring clips of her surgery taking place as well as her physicians discussing the successful procedure after it was all over.
Both in the video and the caption, she thanked DISC Sports & Spine Center and the doctors working there for helping her regain some of her life and mobility back. “Though I am only one week out it is clear that this surgery for me has been a life.