We are at St. Elizabeth Hospital as we planned. The orthopedic surgeon told us the surgery on the right leg went very well. The surgery took 3 and a half hours. Then we had to wait for the Dr. to talk to us. Then we had to wait at least another 2 hours for Timothy to get back from recovery. As the nurse in Timothy's room was hooking up monitors and IV stuff, she gave Timothy a hand-held gizmo. She said he could press the button on it, and it would give him pain medicine. He replied, "Push the button and hold it down." Later his father was trying to explain about the x-rays the Dr. showed us with all his rods, screws, and plates in his leg. Timothy said, "rebar?" Father replied "Yes, with a few hose clamps." Its a good thing they both still have their sense of humor.
They told us the scan on his neck was put off til tomorrow. But just a short time ago they changed that, and said it would take place tonight, but not be read til tomorrow.
We think we will be here until Friday.
I was to be at Madonna by 7:15 this morning so I could ride over in the van with Timothy to the hospital. I don't know if I was nervous about not over sleeping or just plain nervous, but I think I saw every hour go by during the night. Consequently, I have been really tired today.
Thanks again everyone for your prayers and concerns. I know this whole deal has gone on and on. I appreciate anyone who is still hanging in there with us, and keeping up-to-date.
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Phyllis-
ReplyDeleteI know this has gone on and on for all of you, but look how far Timothy has come. Miracles do happen, but sometimes they require a lot of hard work and time!
We are keeping you all in our thoughts and prayers. Thanks for the updates. We check on them every day and rejoice at the good news.
Joan and Nola
Think about the stories you will have to share about this. And some teasing Timothy will have to put up with.
ReplyDeleteI know from experience that people grow as a family from something like this also. And the town pulling for you really makes me proud to be from a small town in the Midwest. (I always think of the So. Holt area as my hometown area).
Love, Rana
I check in every day to read your updates and fill Aaron in on how Timothy is doing. Your family is in our prayers and I just want you to know we're all behind you!
ReplyDelete~Aaron, Kelly and girls
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ReplyDeleteHell yes we're still hanging in there! I'm sorry if I don't comment often enough.
ReplyDeleteLove--
Tricia