OCTOBER 27 = 2 DAYS POST SCOTT'S BIRTHDAY

Hello, friends and family. Things are going well from AMC, but once again our skeleton crew has been plagued with technical difficulties. It would be helpful for us if we were more technically savvy, but that's not the case. So we do what we can. Part of our technical problems were not even ours, but we spent a long time trying to figure things out only to find out the problem was actually the internal system here at AMC. At any rate, we tried really hard to get a blog on for October 25th, as it was our precious first born's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to SCOTT. We miss you and have cherished your trips, as we do for Todd, Dana, Stacy and Robb's. We have been so lucky and blessed to have our wonderful family be so dedicated to Joe's recovery, my sister included. We've had several family birthdays pass by as we have been here recovering and now that our first born son has just had his birthday (he is in Louisville at this time and headed to Las Vegas next week), it is time for our first born grandson, Turner Makana Sorge, to have his 6th birthday. That will be on Nov. 16. We are hoping to, possibly, at least be out of the hospital by then. But back to real time, belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES TO SCOTT !! Love from us here at Albany Med. And now, the medical journal. Surgery to release the ulnar nerves in both arms and the median release on the left went very well. It was the 13th surgery on the 9th week date from the accident and I think we might be done with surgery, at least for now. The plastic surgeons also took down and redressed all of the other wounds from the plastic surgery last week, so both lower legs and both thighs and both upper arms and elbows, as well as the left wrist and hand, are all heavily bandaged. He looks like what he is ... an accident victim!! However, the good news is that after all of the fol de rol and nonsense and foot dragging, the day after the surgery, he had already noticed some increase in the sensation in the hands and fingers. We are thrilled and relieved. He knows that it will continue to take a long time and lots of rehab to get strength and the use of the hands back, but he is very encouraged and very glad that we kept after the doctors to get something done. So far, the result has been well worth the effort. Out for now. More later. Most importantly, Joe came through the surgery just great and is now resting comfortably. Love, Cindi