Well, surgery was quick tonight and they did not do quite as much as we thought. They did go in and clean out the debris, which basically means cut away the dead tissue. They got all the way down to the bone on his shin but did not see the rod they put in last week and that is a good sign. They put something over the wound which is called Integra which promotes the growth of the midddle layer of skin (the derma) and the fatty layer beneath that. They will keep an eye on this and determine in a week to 10 days whether this will be enough tissue to skin graft over or if they will have to do a muscle graft after all. The doctors would like to avoid this if they can.
So, that went as well as we could have hoped. My mom and I had the opportunity to go in and see him in the recovery room and boy was he glad to see us! He was a little confused and asked us how he got involved in this. We all had a good laugh over that, including him. The recovery nurse told us that that he was awake in the Operating Room and had all of the anesthesiologists laughing. She told us she had been entertained the whole time as well.
Tonight, we breath another sigh of relief as my dad moves into the Trauma Unit instead of back to the Cardiac Care. They will certainly know how to care for a trauma patient in the Trauma Unit, don't ya' think?
Thanks as always for your kind words, prayers and well wishes. We can absolutely feel the strength that you have been sending all of us.
Love, Stacy and the gang
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Hi Cindi, Joe and Family.
Happy to hear surgery went well.
Give Joe our warmest regards.
Sandy & Bill.
I have been reading the blog on Joes progress would like to make a correction.Our fire Chief Fred Miller and assistant chief Richard Briggs were first on the scene.After they saw how bad Joe was Fred Called County Control and told them we need Med Flight.
Richard stayed with Joe the whole time and kept him awake and assisted the squad when they arrived.Commuity Rescue squad worked fast to stabilize Joe for the med flight.There work was LIFE SAVING. My son Matt heard on the scanner that Joe need help and called me.Matt was on his way up to Joes house when I got there and rounded up all the neighbor hood dogs that like to hang out here and put them in my truck. My part in this was was to try to keep Joe awake with Richard and to let Cindy and her family know about this tragedy.The Hillsdale Fire Co.
The Commuity Rescue Squad,The Med Flight Team and My son Matt did a great job. They are all HEROS. Joe heal fast and well we have our fall hunt coming .Our thoughs and prays are with you all. Thom and Family
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