Hello! J is out of surgery and in his room. Surgery started at about 1:00 this afternoon and ended around 3:30. He did well, but lost some blood. The unofficial amount is around a liter. We will have to watch and see if he needs a transfusion tomorrow. Blood loss is expected in this type of surgery, and J has already been "typed" with blood waiting in case he needs it.
His pain seems to be managed fairly well. He is resting comfortably with the help of Delotid. He has already said he would like to be off the IV pain meds as soon as possible. He also asked for a Super Sonic cheese burger, but that will have to wait until tomorrow sometime. He is on a clear liquid diet at the moment.
During the surgery, Dr. Norris was able to remove a good amount of the hetero-topic bone growth on the front part of the hip. This means J is now able to lay his left leg flat on the bed, something he was excited to show me as soon as he got to the room. There is more bone growth on the inside of J's femur, but the surgeon did not remove that as there are a lot of blood vessels in that area of the leg, and he did not want to damage them.
Tomorrow J will have a CT scan and radiation treatment. The CT scan is to assess how much healing has occurred since April. The ratiation treatment is to prevent more/regrowth of the hetero-topic bone. Regardless of the CT scan results, J will not have another surgery on that leg for a while. We may elect to have a bone graft in about six weeks to further improve flexibility, or we may just call it good and begin the business of going on from here. We will have to see how much more flexibility is there, and there is just no way to know that until J is able to put weight on that leg.
So, the bottom line is: Today's surgery may be the last... or it may not.
Love,
Cara
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Glad to hear that the surgery went well. I know you must be anxious to close this chapter of your lives and move forward... hopefully it won't be long now. Thanks for continuing to share about J's recovery. It has been such a blessing to see God working in your lives for the past 13 months.
Thank you for the update. Y'all are in my thoughts and prayers daily.
That sounds pretty good. Well except for the blood part. That is just kind of gorry. JK. Thanks for the update. Hope it all continues to go good.
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