Friday, Dec 26, 2014

Friday, December 26

Posted Dec 26, 2014 10:16pm

Today I had a foot surgery. I needed it done and since we had met our deductible, I went for it. I have never had a surgery that I remembered. When I was 9 months old, I swallowed a peanut and had surgeries; and when I was 7 or so I had my tonsils out. I remember the hospital stay and the popsicles. So needless to say the "being put out" and waking up with it all done was something else.

Dave was helping a valued customer so Jessica dropped me off and picked me up. I slept for about 3 hours when I got home and now I keep a boot on as a cast per se. The numbing medicine is still in the toe so I'm not in too much pain and I have pain medicines.

Joe is doing so well. He can bend down ( a modified bend down) and pick things up off the floor. He is almost completely off the oxycodon. Maybe 1 pill a day which has helped all other parts of his body.

I honestly would not have believed it without seeing it how fast the body heals. His "steri-strips" are almost all off and the before and after on his back photos are incredible. I would post them but the after shows the scar and some may not want to see that.
But if you want to see before and after just text me (970) 210--4794 and I'll send to you. Joe's friends included as I feel confident you would not "post" the photos for all to see.

Stamina and being able to sit in a chair besides a recliner will be the two things we hope to gain strength in over the next 10 days before school begins again.

He would love to go see the movie Unbroken, but I'm not sure how he would handle the sitting. So we'll see.

Thanks for your continued prayers. We appreciated all of you so much!