DADS TRAPEZE

A NEW ARM IN PROCESS

NO ROAD RASH

LOOKING BETTER

DAD'D PROGRESS

Mom says dads has gone from a blow fish toTeflon man to a trapeze artist.

Blow fish because he was all bloated  and puffy.

Teflon man because nothing will stick to him, not even the droids (little round stickies that they connect to wires for monitoring.)  

and Trapeze artist because he now has a jungle jim in his room. for lifting and supporting.

Dads doing great. 

TUESDAY 30TH SURGERY 2

Dad went into surgery at about 8:30 am NY time to get his hand worked on. Dad Was alert before hand while mom read all the emails to him. He has been doing a really good job and breathing a lot on his own. Doctors said dad did great in surgery,  he has plates and a lot of screws in his hand. Now if dad doesn't do  anything crazy and spike a temp or get an infection then all he has to do now is get well. They haven't done the tracheotomy yet and I hope they wont have to. Dad does have a lot of road rash on his arm and they cleaned a lot of it up in surgery. Still its at a point were it could get infected, but they clean and dress it regularly. I have had many people ask about his lungs and ribs and well there is not much you can do to ribs you can't set or cast them they just magically fix themselves. They still have the drain in his lung but when his lung re inflated it popped the rib out and put the rest in place. The doctor says bones grow back beautifully so dad should do OK. Mom says hes doing great right now and he better keep it up. She wants to make sure you guys all know how much she loves you and how much she appreciates all the love and support emails and cards sent their way.

MORE INFO ON FAST

From Colista 

Just for clarification...

The family fast will be for dinner on Tuesday and breakfast on Wednesday with breaking the fast at lunch.  Of course, you may do whatever you prefer.  Just don't forget to send emails to Uncle Donald and Aunt Sara.  Aunt Sara really enjoyed the number of emails they received today.

Thank Colista for the clarification, and for letting us all know about it.

AFTER SURGERY UPDATE

Dad came out of surgery OK. They had to gently open him up to fix his upper arm because it was already starting to heal. The hand guys will be working on his hand in the morning. He has a little drainage from the wound, but it looks good. Before surgery dad was breathing on his own down in pre-op and mom said he's had a great day. After surgery they needed something to prop his hand up and nothing was working so mom let them use his teddybear  that they call the bear of hope. It sings butterfly kisses while a butterfly flutters on its nose. Mom also received a lot of emails, and was able to read them all to him after surgery. They helped a lot, and wants all of you to know how much she appreciates all of the love and support being sent their way.

FAST

I just received an email from Colista  who had just got a call from Dads sister Bertha who would like to hold a fast for dad. If you would like to join the family fast it will be tomorrow, Tuesday night through Wednesday at noon. 

Don't forget to keep sending emails to dad at the hospital, they are helping a lot, and  it will give him something positive for when he comes out of surgery.

Here is the address to email dad again, or click the link right under his puppy dad picture.

http://www.upstate.edu/uh/patients/contactpatient.php

Thanks for all the love and support.