The "wound vac surgery"

We just spoke with the orthopedic surgeon who is done with his part of the surgery. They have done everything they wanted to do...and then some. They started off by going into the left leg and putting a plate and nine screws in along with a bone graft to help fuse the gap in the break. They did a muscle flap and a skin graft to cover that part of the leg and covered it with a wound vac. This means that the ex-fix (or the huge metal bars that were holding his leg in place on the outside of his leg) have been taken off! My dad will be thrilled when he wakes up from surgery.
They then moved onto the right leg which is the one with the infection. Dr. L said that it looked pretty clean when they took the bandage off and they just "tidied up in there". They are also putting a wound vac on the site of the incision which is now open again. We like the wound vacs, as they keep the wound covered and somewhat protected from contamination. Dr. L said they will probably be taking my dad back to surgery in 48 hours to clean out the infected area again and will continue to do this regularly until they feel like the infection is gone.
So now Joe has a total of 3 wound vacs on his body (the one still remains on his lower right leg as well), no external hardware and quite a bit of internal hardware.
We are waiting to see him after his surgery and are hoping he sleeps well tonight!

Side note: We know it is difficult for many people to post comments on this blog. This is an attempt to walk you through it.
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Keep the prayers and positive thoughts coming for this nasty infection to rid itself from my dad's body. Thank you, thank you.