Monday, May 23, 2011
Surgery on a stormy day
Dad was just in surgery and the lights were flickering as the storm went through. Dad finished surgery and the doctor came to talk with us. He said it went okay. The doctor didn't sound really excited but he sounded ok with the work. He was hoping to use the muscle dad still had to wrap it around the leg area and then close it up. Once he got in there, he realized there was a huge hole in the back of the muscle and he is thinking the bone that dad is missing probably went through the muscle and created the hole. So he had to do two skin graphs to cover up the leg. Some skin came from the back of the leg and the rest came from the upper thigh of his bad leg. Dad will be happy to hear they kept all of the skin graphs on one leg so he at least has one good leg still. The doctor is concerned about two spots that might be too tight from the skin graph. He kept skipping around the topic so I finally said, ok so what are you worried about. He said he is worried the two spots might become dead skin and break apart so then we would have to do another skin graph and surgery. So there is to be NO moving of the leg. If the skin on the leg heals, he will probably be out of here in another week and go to rehab. If the skin breaks open, then we start all over. So in all, surgery went ok. Not great, but a little step closer to getting him out of here. Keep the prayers coming!
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