Courageous Joy

DAD UPDATE (from my Mom)

He is feeling so much better and with the unknown infection of the last 2 operations gone he is have good results from pain meds. {Dad had an abscessed tooth and had a root canal between 2nd and 3rd surgery. Speculation is that the infection from that interfered with the healing of his bones?}

They took him off morphine and he is not on percodan. His pain is there but much easier to manage.. They had him up today teaching him how to use a walker without putting any weight on the left side but still putting the left toes on the floor for balance. His arms will sure get strong.

He had to have another 2 units (4 by now) of blood today. Seems there is still a lot of bleeding from within the bone, and surgery area etc. Kinda sickening to see them empty this round thing.....it is like a diskette and 2 inches tall.......gets full so they pour it out in a pee cup and measure how much blood there is etc.......... even a bit gross for me and things don't usually make me feel shocked.............