On Friday 8-26-2011 I went into Kell West Regional Hospital to have a broken rod, bone fragments and a bone "rocker" cut off in my right foot. This all stemmed from my motorcycle accident on Thursday, 6-30-2011. Then on Thursday, 9-1-2011, I went to the Doc to get the bandage and splint taken off my right foot and ankle and had another cast put on, for a period of two weeks, according to the Doc. Scroll down and check out the pics from the operation and then a week later when the cast was put on. REMEMBER: IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PICTURES BIGGER, JUST CLICK ON THE PICTURES.
Here I am at the house at around 5 a.m. on 8-26-2011. Didn't have to check in until 5:30 a.m. and I was first one up for surgery at 7:30 a.m. or there about.
Here I am at the Admitting Department at 5:25 a.m.
Having checked in, I was then taken to the prep area and got into my cute little "open in the back, so everyone can see your butt" gown.
Here is Janice, always happy to be awake early for these things. I told her to stay home and I'd ride myself there and home on the Harley. She didn't appreciate my attempt at humor...
All prepped up and ready to go.
Like my hair thing they make ya wear. A second or two after Janice took this picture, they came and wheeled me into the O.R. This trip, I made it all the way to the O.R. and heard the anesthesiologist intro himself as Dr. Poston and felt the RN put that nice warm blanket on me and it was lights out!!
While I was in the O.R. Janice took this picture of her Mom and our daughter Amy, as they waited out in the waiting room.
I awake in the Recovery Room and was happy to see Ron, my son-in-law, Matt's Dad, taking care of me. Both Ron and Matt's Mom, Kelly, are RN's. If you click on this picture, you can see my goofy looking, "just woke up from surgery" smile and my beady looking red glowing eyes... God, I love those pain meds they give ya..
Ron leaves and I fall back asleep and Janice comes in and takes this picture.
Here is the blue wrapping around the bandages and plastic splint on my right foot and ankle
Here I am becoming more alert and at this point I realize that this surgery was a lot different from the other three or four because I am in pain and a lot of it. I have Neuropathy bad and can't feel anything in my feet, so that is how I can tell.
Janice takes another picture of the cast. I now have to have my foot above my heart for the next three weeks to help keep the swelling down.
They changed my surgery from "out-patient" to a remaining over night. Here is a picture of Janice as she heads home for the night.
Janice returns the next morning in time to take a picture of me eating a delicious hospital breakfast.
Here sits Janice as they prepare my release papers. I would go home and then on 9-1-2011, I would go to the Doc's and get the bandages and splint off my foot and either a walking boot or cast put on.
Thursday, 9-1-2011 arrives and we go to the Docs. Here is my favorite tech there, Jolene. Shelly is my favorite RN but won't let me take her pic. Here is Jolene cutting off the bandages. As bad as my foot was hurting and burning, I know there is NO way I'll be walking around or riding my Harley in two more weeks
Jolene almost has the bandages off. I know ya'll can't wait to see the next pictures... LOL
Here is the foot. This time all the stitches are on the bottom. The Doc told Janice he had to cut thru several tendons and muscles to get to the bone rocker. No wonder this thing hurts!!
The stitches under the toe. The foot looks weird because it is swollen from drainage & blood is what the Doc told me.
Here are Janice and Jolene. We both think the world of Jolene and she is very good at what she does..
Janice catches a picture of me watching Jolene at work.
Janice sitting in the cast room with me, looking all happy..
The swollen foot from the side.
A closer pic of the stitches under the right toe.
Janice tries to get a close up of the bottom stitches..
Here Jolene gets ready to put the leg covering over my foot and calf. She is putting on the medicated pads over the stitched up areas first.
Here is Jolene measuring off a length of covering that she will then wrap thick with gauze, so I don't rub a sore. Then she will cast it.
The covering on, Jolene starts wrapping the gauze around my foot and right leg up to the knee
She is just about done and trust me, that gauze is thick and will definitely will prevent any sores being rubbed.
Now she applies the casting material. Janice said she wanted me to get a black cast, so it is a black cast I get.
The cast is also made up of several packages of black stuff. It is soaked in water and then after being wrapped on the foot & leg, it is smoothed out and then hardens.
Here is Jolene and I. She does a great job and I have even talked her into being Janice's and my friend on FaceBook
As Janice gets my two week appointment arranged, she takes a final picture of me and the black cast in the waiting room. This will conclude this post
I enjoyed seeing Jolene, Shelly and the Doc again and look forward to seeing them in two weeks. Hopefully, a miracle will happen and I'll get cut loose by the Doc. And thank you Janice for the transportation to and fro and for taken care of me.
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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
OUCH JOHN!!!!! :( get healed up soon!
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