Can you say "Hurry Up and Wait"?

Good morning Friends!  

It was a little too late last night to bring you the latest.  You know they say "no news is good news".  Hope I didn't leave anyone hanging.   At least not hanging like the Doctor left us yesterday.  Mike's morning surgery turned into an evening surgery.  I wanted to arrive in plenty of time since I always go with MC to pre-surgery.  It turned into a 12 hour day...   We actually wondered if it was even going to happen.  We also hoped the Doctor was going to have the energy and focus to do one more surgery.  Apparently he had his patients lined up for the entire day.   While waiting, Mike and I had plenty of time to chat and catch up on things we hadn't talked about. No visitors, just a revolving door of Nurses.  When you can't eat or drink that also tends to make for an extra long day.  

This Photo is what a patient and his best friend look like when you have been waiting hours upon hours to be taken away for surgery.  It was borderline comical. Mike is wearing the Bair Paws Gown , his not so favorite attire.  He tends to get warm in it, but refuses to hook up to the "hose".   Go figure. 

Finally into Pre-Surgery with Dr. Gellman giving those last minute comments as to what he is going to DO to Mike this time.   The plan, BTW, is to add 3 wires into Mike's heel bone.  Once this is accomplished, MC will be given a sheet of numbers and a daily schedule starting Tuesday (today) to being making adjustments to the struts on his frame.  These adjustments will begin to bring his foot up to a neutral position.  That process will take about 3 weeks.  He expects Mike to be in the frame for at least an additional 12 weeks from this surgery.  Mikey was ready, but as usual a little melancholy about going under again.  Lots of hugs, kisses and "see you on the other side in a few minutes" goes a long ways.

  

While we are waiting for MC to get out of surgery, I thought I'd show you how well his skin grafted area is healing.  The Doctors are very pleased with this.  You can see where the skin shaver went a little deeper than needed in some places.  OUCH -  It's a little sore, but for the most part doing fine.  The skin on his foot also seems to be very happy and knows it has a job to do!  

Finally resting peacefully at the end of a very long day.  I spoke with Dr. Gellman after surgery and he was very happy with the placement of the wires.  He said Mike could start to add weight to his walking plate right away.  Not full weight, but PT and OT have their work cut out.  Mike is ready to go HOME!!!  His goal this week is to really get moving.  Learn stairs and how to use his walker and crutches  along with his walking plate.  Once that is accomplished - 3-5 days, we may see him released to head home.  Wouldn't that be a blessing.  The end of today marks 11 weeks in the hospital - this sweet man deserves to go home and sleep in his own bed.  Besides, the cat misses him dearly.  (his GF too) 

That's it for this morning - I'm sure Mike will be up for visitors soon.  I will add he was in a lot of pain last night, through the night and even this morning.  Lots of dilaudid for punch through pain  management and he is back up to his max pain pills as often as they will let him have them.  So a call or text would be recommended this week if you are planning on a visit.  ALSO - you'll want to be sure he is still at Hotel Legacy... 

Love to all, have a beautiful fall day, S&M out for now.

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