4 Week Mark!

Today marks exactly 4 weeks from the day Tyler fell.  When we were talking about how far he has come, he said, “Humpty Dumpty Has Been Put Back Together Again”.  It was even more humorous because he said it in his British accent. In celebration of his 4 week mark he got to take his first shower!  He was so grateful to feel the cleanliness only a shower can bring.  He showed me how his right hand no longer looked like ‘reptile skin’.  He will get to shower every other day now.  We talked about all the things he will never take for granted again: water; showering; breathing; talking; feeding himself and having a hand to maneuver things with.  I am certain this list will grow as Tyler continues to have these big milestones.  He even filled out a form with his right hand.  He said the hand writing was pretty impressive too.

Tyler had an appointment today with one of the trauma surgeons that did some of the first operations.   The pictures below show the hardware the surgeon put in place.  Tyler said he is a little nervous about the operation to remove some of the pins in his right arm in 6 weeks, but will be grateful when it is healed.  I wish we had the original X-rays to show how many breaks he had in each bone, I heard it was shocking.   Nevertheless, the X-rays from today equally demonstrate what Tyler’s body has been through.  It amazes me to realize that this isn’t an extension live of the hardware in Tyler’s body – this is just what one surgeon was in charge of. Tyler goes to his foot surgeon on Thursday.  They will remove the hard cast to check healing and put another back on. 

Tyler’s right hand is really bothering him.  It constantly burns and he has very little motion in a couple of fingers.  In four weeks they will do a nerve test to see what might be going on in that hand.  

Look how good his incision site looks on his right arm above the elbow!  What miracles have been wrought in just 4 weeks!  It makes me wonder and anticipate what miracles we will see in the next 4.