Well, I finally made it home and into the house without breaking something. In case you lost track, since September I have: broken my left ankle; sustained a massive infection in said left ankle; had left leg amputated below the knee; fractured my right knee; had to have a new dialysis access created in my [...]
My latest fracture is still healing and I will need about ten to fourteen days of rehab for it before I can be released home with it. Let me just say right here that I have never felt the kind of pain that I felt when I broke my thigh, and I hope no one [...]
On Thursday evening (12/18), I was allowed to bring Nick home from the hospital. I thought that the miracle I had prayed for had come true, for Nick to be home in time for Christmas. We pulled into our driveway, and as we were transferring Nick from the car to his wheelchair with a transfer [...]
I have had a couple of months to sit back and take a long look at the world around me. I was mostly disappointed with what I saw, but there were exceptions. Daytime Television Is Worse Than You Think. Nothing has depressed me more than the fact that when I was bedridden, all the entertainment [...]
Sorry I have not updated lately, but I have been having some computer problems, and my computer genius (Nick) is not here. Last time I posted, I told you that Nick had broken his knee on his right leg (the good leg). He was hospitalized for that for about a week, and then they had [...]
Well, I have finally gotten my hands on a computer with Internet access here in the hospital. I’ve been offline for almost two months and this feels a little weird. As Rene has told you, due to massive infection my left foot was amputated on October 29th. Undoubtedly, this has been a real life-changing event [...]
Nick completed rehab last week and came home on the 12th. As he was entering our front door he fell while using his walker and broke a bone in his right knee. He has been back in the hospital since last Thursday. This is very frustrating because now he can’t use either leg. His amputated [...]
Nick has been at the rehab hospital for almost a week now. He is making great progress, but he is exhausted. They are working him very hard both in physical therapy and occupational therapy. he had four hours of therapy a day 2 PT and 2 OT. Nick says that this is the most difficult [...]
Tomorrow (Saturday), Nick will be transferred via an ambulance to a rehabilitaion facility. At the rehab center, Nick will begin to learn how to live life as an amputee. This is important because won’t be getting his prothesis until the end of the year. For now, he will be using a wheelchair and a walker. [...]
Nick had his surgery. He now has a below the knee amputation on the left side. After the surgery, the doctor came out and told me that everything went fine and that Nick had definitely made the right decision to amputate. His left foot and ankle were no longer viable. When I left Nick tonight [...]
Nick has made the very difficult decision to go ahead with the amputation. On Monday, October 27, Nick will have a below the knee amputation on the left side. He has made peace with his decision because he knows that medically, and for the quality of his life, it is the right decision to make [...]
I have some unfortunate news on Nick’s condition. We took Nick to the Dr. on Monday to have the surgical dressing removed from his ankle. We found that the entire ankle and foot was grossly infected. They admitted Nick to the hospital that night and the next day, (yesterday) they took Nick into surgery. When [...]
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