Home Sweet Home

We are back at home with food in Kent's belly, medications taken and foot elevated. Here is Kent with the Doctor that performed his surgery.

Kent is just beginning to start feeling the "sleepy juice" settling in.

Two hours later, the doctor came out, explained the procedure, and told me everything went well. He walked me through post-op instructions. He told me it would be a few more minutes until I would be able to go back and see Kent, even though I could hear Kent talking with the nurses through the door. The Dr. told me that Kent was jerking around and had been treated for shakes so they wanted him to get more calm before I went back.

Not too long after the Doctor left, a nurse came out and told me I could go see Kent. She also said it took a little while for Kent to come off of the anesthesia, and when he did he was having a lot of pain in his leg, so they put him back under and gave him a block to help subside the pain. They let me go back into the recovery room as he was becoming more coherent.

When I rounded the curtained corner, this is what I saw.

It's hard to see Kent look so fragile, because he is so strong and healthy. I know that the road to recovery is going to be a long and painful one for him, but I am very confident he will make a full recovery and, if we let it, this could be a wonderful teaching lesson for our family. Thank you everyone that expressed your love and support, once again, to our family as we are going through another little hurdle. We could say that so many things keep being thrown at us, but through this we see the blessings we continue to receive and we are thankful for them.