Monday surgery

Tip is now out of surgery and resting comfortably in ICU Trauma. They repaired his left femur. We were mistaken about his right lower leg and knee. It looked like it was bandaged like other places where he had surgery but today they worked on this. They repaired one of the lower legs bones (fibula and tibia). I think it was the tibia but not sure. They also worked on his knee and did some bone grafting. The other bone area is still swollen and they won't work on it yet. It is badly messed up. They will see how things go and fix it later, in two to four weeks. The heel/ankle are still worrisome. They skin is not in good shape and this area cannot have a skin graft because it is on the bone. The doctors are keeping an eye on it.

He did well during the surgery and will spend the rest of the day resting. He might have the ventilator removed sometime this week, possibly as soon as Tues. In the near future he will be moved to a skilled care center. They cannot rehab him yet as he won't be allowed to put any weight on his legs for several months. They will begin therapy though. He will be brought back to the hospital for future surgeries.

I will be visiting him later today and will update here if there is any more information.

I did not post yesterday as there had been no change. Like Saturday it was a day of rest.