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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

GROUNDED!! FOOT SURGERY 4-11-2011

Monday, 4-11-2011, I reported to Kell West Regional Hospital at 5:30 a.m. to have surgery on my foot. The right foot had been re-constructed last year and a week ago, the foot collapsed. So, the Doc was going in and he was removing all the old hardware (pins, rods & plates) and rebuilding the foot with stronger rods and pins, plates etc. Scroll down and join me on this brief hospital stay and REMEMBER: IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PICTURE BIGGER, JUST CLICK ON THE PICTURE.


Here I am waiting & reading the paper after reporting into admissions. Note the colorful arm bands they give you.. NOTE: MY LONG HAIR & BEARD ARE GONE.. I had a brain fart and let Janice shave me and talk me into getting a haircut,

I get taken back to the holding room and they give you that cute hospital gown that your butt hangs out of and then the "I don't Care about anything" shot. Here I am holding up the IV line, waiting to get hooked up to the good stuff

                                     
Still in the holding area. I was flicking thru the channels on the TV



Here is a picture of my foot where you can see that oval area where the foot collapsed, they call it a rocker and  it is part of the bones forced down to the bottom of the foot.


This sore on my little toe was caused by my boot rubbing against it after the foot collapsed.                       

I was taken into surgery and then out to recovery about 3 hours later. They had wrapped my foot with that green tape


My daughter Amanda comes in to check on me and Janice gives her a hug.



My other daughter Amy stops in and checks on me.

                                     
This is Amanda, Janice and Amy



Feeling no pain, at this point, I signal that all is well.


My new foot. I hope this operation works, because if it collapses again, I may be up the creek without a paddle.



Amanda comes over and says goodbye. She will come to the house and check on me tomorrow.

Once home, this is my bed for the next 12 weeks. The living room floor. I had to keep the foot elevated  above my heart. This is the last picture of this post.

I want to thank my Doc, Dr. Leaseburg and the numerous nurse that were in the OR, especially Shelly, the Doc's nurse. As I was out when they wheeled me into the O.R., I assume she was there because she is at all of the operations.

Scroll down for more rides, runs and events and don't forget to click on the "OLDER POSTS" at bottom of each page or underneath the last post on the page,

Continue to pray for ALL of our troops both in and out of Harms Way; especially for Che Whitaker, Chris Drage and Fred Hughes, all of whom are serving in the Afghanistan Theatre of Operations and  for Pattie Jackson who has been deployed to Qatar..                                                                                             

 Until next post, ya'll be careful out there, keep the rubber on the road, keep your head on a swivel, and most importantly of all.............................RIDE SAFE.......................JOHN 

GUARDIANS OF THE CHILDREN-RED RIVER CHAPTER MEETING 5-14-2011

The Guardians of the Children-Red River Chapter, had it's monthly chapter meeting at the Byers Cafe in Byers Texas on May 14, 2011 at 1:00 p,m.. Those present form the meeting were: BANDIT, GUNNER, POINTMAN, SMILING EYES, BUGGA, WHITE BUFFALO, TATU, REDMAN, STITCH, KATZE, COOKIE, SNAPSHOT (me) and MY wife Janice, was a guest.  Scroll down and join us at the Byers Cafe and REMEMBER: IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PICTURES BIGGER, JUST CLICK ON THE PICTURE!!

The sign out front of the Byers Cafe, in Byers Texas. If you are in the area, stop by for some GREAT home cooked meals and famous desserts as seen featured on THE FOOD CHANNEL-CANADA last month
                               
Once inside, after checking in with everyone, I ordered a Coke and Chili. The chili at the Byers Cafe is outstanding.


This is POINTMAN. He is our  SGT. AT ARMS.
At the table from left to right are: TATU-our National Rep, BANDIT -our President and GUNNER- our Vice President.
                                     
From left to right: BUGGA, SMILING EYES-our SECRETARY, TATU & BANDIT    



LEFT TO RIGHT: KATZE, REDMAN- our Road Guard and WHITE BUFFALO-our Road Captain


This is Janice  and on the end is STITCH- our Merchandise person.


Another picture of Janice & Stitch                                                                                                            


Janice took this picture. No, it's not a booger check. she thought I had something on my lip and she took the picture to show me.
This is Janice's dinner. She loves the home cooked taste of the Byers Cafe Cheese Burgers




The meeting called to order and in progress. Left to right:  SMILING EYES, TATU, BANDIT &                 GUNNER


Cookie was in a great mood. She had no idea of what was about to happen.


COOKIE got patched in today. Our group photo, left to right: REDMAN,KATZE,TATU,BUGGA,WHITE BUFFALO, SMILING EYES holding the 5x shirt that COOKIE will display in the cafe., COOKIE holding her patches, POINTMAN, GUNNER, BANDIT STITCH and SNAPSHOT (ME) ON CRUTCHES



Another of the group shot. Thank you Janice for taking the group photos for us.Left to Right: REDMAN,KATZE,TATU, BUGGA,WHITE BUFFALO,SMILING EYES holding the big t-shirt, COOKIE holding her patches, POINTMAN, GUNNER, BANDIT, STITCH AND SNAPSHOT.
CONGRATULATIONS COOKIE ON BEING A PATCHED MEMBER,.

TATU is in a good mood and he has to go to work here in a little while



BANDIT was trying to hide from the camera, but I just waited and got his picture anyway as he came around the side of TATU



STITCH took this picture of me and Janice



Left to right, members talking by the door: COOKIE, STITCH, GUNNER and POINTMAN is closest to the door.

Here is GUNNER.  His wife, SPITFIRE our Treasurer, had to work today and had to miss the meeting

Outside, left to right: Janice, REDMAN, COOKIE and KATZE.

Here are REDMAN and KATZE.


This bike belongs to POINTMAN..                                                                                                        


The meeting over, we head out. here are WHITE BUFFALO and REDMAN taking it easy.


This picture was taken last month at GUNNER'S house. The RED RIVER CHAPTER met there on April 9th to go to the Apache Oklahoma Rattlesnake Hunt. GUNNER said when they left his house, there were 7 members. (photo courtesy of GUNNER)

These pictures were taken in Lindsey Oklahoma at TRONS MEXICAN RESTAURANT. The picture is of REDMAN & KATZE holding their patches after being patched in. (photo courtesy of GUNNER)

Another picture of REDMAN & KATZE receiving their patches from BANDIT.  LEFT TO RIGHT: GUNNER BANDIT, REDMAN & KATZE.  CONGRATULATIONS ON BECOMING PATCHED MEMBERS! (photo courtesy of GUNNER)

This will conclude this post. It was good seeing everyone again today and congratulations to COOKIE on being patched in today.

Scroll down for more rides, runs and events and don't forget to click on the "OLDER POSTS" link at the bottom of EACH page or directly under the last post on the page                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                            
                                             
Continue to pray for ALL of our troops both in and out of Harms Way; especially for Che Whitaker, Chris Drage and Fred Hughes, all of whom are serving in the Afghanistan Theatre of Operations and  for Pattie Jackson who has been deployed to Qatar..                                                                                             

 Until next post, ya'll be careful out there, keep the rubber on the road, keep your head on a swivel, and most importantly......................RIDE SAFE....................................JOHN