Thursday is the day !

Joe got a face to face meeting last night with the head of Howard's surgical team.  He assured Joe that his dad had been kept waiting much too long so they would definitely put him on the schedule for thursday.  When I arrived this morning I was told that Howard's foot surgery would be the first on the schedule at seven a.m.  He was feeling so good this morning that he whistled at me when I walked into the room.

They have discovered another injury too.  It must be the wrist or near there because the new cast covers part of the palm of his hand and reaches to his elbow.  So much for a quick return to the computer.  There is an odd foam brace between his lower legs.  We always thought that contraption was to hold the feet but actually it keeps his legs lined up straight as the pelvis break heals.  We are learning interesting medical trivia as we go along.

He has been sitting up in a cardiac chair which is really a gurney that bends in many places.  He appears quite comfortable there awake or napping.  He can be turned toward the windows and see that the hospital buildings rise right out of the forest on Marquam Hill.  It is a pretty drive just to get up there as well.  The nurse (Jen) has been exceptionally helpful to him.  She gives the greatest toothbrushing I've ever seen

Will let you know when the repairs to his feet are done.