After several postponements, Luke went for surgery about 8:00 this morning to fix the end of his radius bone in his left arm. They removed the broken piece and replaced it with a metal piece. He got back to his room about 1:00 this afternoon, thinking of food. They brought up some soup and puddings which he cleaned right up. The surgeon reported tonight that everything with the surgery went fine. His left arm is in a cast, but that will only be for about a week. Then they will start working on moving the elbow. Not much has changed with his feeling in the arm.
This afternoon his trach doctor came in and was very pleased with how he is doing, being able to have the Passy-Muir on all day long. She thinks the tracheostomy tube may be able to come out entirely tomorrow! Great news from the same doctor that told him yesterday that his cervical collar would have to be on for 12 weeks instead of 6. I found out that my assumption, that it was something they saw in his MRI that extended the time, was incorrect. She said she doesn't know where the 6 weeks came from, because her records show that it was 12 from the beginning.
His case worker came in this afternoon also very pleased with his overall progress and told us that a representative from Sharp Rehabilitation Center will be in to see us tomorrow morning and that he may be released from the Medical Center to Rehabilitation as early as Thursday!
Even though neither of these giant steps is certain to happen this soon, we thank God and give Him the praise and glory for His goodness and answers to prayers, as well as for all the saints' prayers for Luke!
---Bill
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3 comments:
Luke, you look great after all you have been through. You keep up the good work & we'll keep up with the prayers. God is good. He sure has brought you a long way & we pray He will continue to do so. We thank God that your parents could be there with you & thank your dad for keeping us updated. He has done a wonderful job. Love & prayers to all of you.
Del & Lois Kirkendall
Bill, Paula, & Luke,
We join you in your praise and thanks to God for we have seen miracle after miracle through all of this. You are all such good witnesses for Jesus and examples of strong faith to the rest of us. Keep looking up to Him and moving forward Luke. We love you and as always, you are all in our prayers.
Gary & Sharon
Bill and Paula: It sounds like you better start thinking about Christmas dinner. Luke is going to want all the trimmings. Luke you look great and the collar I wore one all summer and the day it comes off your going to be so afraid to move your neck. But beleive me it feels so good.Thanks again Bill for keeping us updated. May God Bless Tim,Bev Barickman
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