Bad News, Good News, Great News

The bad news is he has to have the catheter put back. The "Skilled" Nursing Facility should never have removed it due to the type of injury he had. Not sure if they knew that or not but I'm going to find out.

The Good News is they were able to reinsert it without any problems.

The Great News is because they were able to reinsert it, he won't have to have another surgery.

Whew! Dodged that bullet. Now all he wants is to be released back to the "Skilled" facility so he can get back into a more comfortable bed. These beds are called surfboard because they are so hard.

We are just waiting for his heartbeat to come down before releasing him. They said that sometimes it is due to dehydration so he's getting lots of fluids right now while he's sleeping.

Spoke with Dr's Osborn and Braveman(sorry if I've misspelled that) this morning which was comforting. Dr. B cleaned up the graft and showed me how to take care of it. We'll see them again on Friday at the ortho appt. They may take the stabilizer bars out then but if Nathan can't tolerate that then he'll be scheduled for out patient surgery the following week.

I wanted to mention that we really appreciate the comments on the blog. We've received comments from people that don't know us and from many family members and friends. They mean a great deal to us and wanted you all to know that. Your thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated.

Hugs to all, The Mellon's