Sometimes, I just don’t have a beautifully thought out riveting opener to my posts to pull you in. And, this one won’t be an exception. I’m just going to jump right on in like you would a pool after a few cool evenings. After much hassle and many miles, we finally got Drew’s hip piece…
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Therapy Continues
Drew just completed his fourth week of physical therapy. It’s gone pretty good, though his progress has been slower than I like. His range of motion is making incremental improvements. He’s standing for very short periods of time and walking using a Lite Gait apparatus to help support his weight. Drew has maintained cooperation and…
Eight Weeks Post-Op
Well, it’s been six weeks since my last post so in review: Drew had a rod surgically placed by Dr. Paley in his left leg on May 17th. Drew then had a rod surgically placed into the right leg on May 31st. Daddy returned home to Kentucky for work while I remained in Florida with…
The Pain
Drew ended up spending three nights in the hospital instead of two as he did for his right. His pain level was quite significant despite the seemingly pleasant first day. But, he had a much harder time weaning off of the morphine this time. The continuous flow of Diladid had to be reconnected after Drew…
And On To the Right
Friday, we had pre-op: just a quick visit with Dr. Paley and vitals with the downstairs team. It was a much shorter day than last time since they decided to do any blood work on Tuesday, the day of surgery. Drew has been in a great place after his left-leg surgery. During the day, he…
The Recovery Process Begins
Well, surgery was completed Tuesday in a 5-hour procedure and Drew was admitted to the hospital for two nights as expected. I don’t know what is worse: the actual surgery or hospital stays. Nathan and I constantly took turns staying with Drew. Nathan would sleep over in the pull-out recliner in Drew’s room each night…
Another Surgery in Florida Part 2
In summary from Part 1: Drew misses his friends and school miserably. We drove 1063 miles and 17 hours from Kentucky to Florida. It sucked, but didn’t go as bad as I had thought it was going to go. We love our new condo and had a day of fun before the real business began….
Another Surgery in Florida Part I
Man, I did not mean to withhold all of the details of our journey so long that I would have one long post about the various phases of our adventure so far. But, to say that this has been completely and utterly exhausting is a gross understatement. I went an entire three days without taking…
Ten Fingers are Overrated
It’s no secret that Drew has undergone many surgeries, 16-17 total. So many that I struggle to remember exactly how many (has he had three sets of ear tubes or was it four?) So many that I struggle wondering if I should count his GI procedure as a surgery (it was just a camera going…
Surgery #5
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Our morning was off to a very early start as Nathan and I awoke a little after 5 am in order to get dressed and head off to St. Mary’s medical center for Drew’s 5th surgery since May 2012. We both eeked in as much sleep as possible only waking up at…
Drew’s New Port
Well, it’s taken me until just now to 1) mentally recover from the stress that was during Drew’s surgery and 2) have enough time to step away from the boys to document our experience. Our two days spent before, during and after Drew’s surgery has been, in a word, stressful. Supporting your nearly-eight-year-old-child through any…
Another Visit with Dr. Paley
I was going to wait to write about our appointment until after we returned back to Kentucky, but I just tried to summarize our appointment, which ended about an hour ago, to my mother-in-law and had already found myself hazy on some details so I figured I better document now so I can refer back…
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