All about leg

For those who mind looking at photos of medical stuff... this is NOT the blog for you to read today. I wanted to share some of the x-ray pics of Eric's surgery. He is getting exponentially better each day. Today he even wiggled his toes and said it didn't hurt that much. I for one can't wait until he is able to drive again.

This is his pre-op x-ray. You can clearly see the broken fibula.

This is his post-op x-ray. I'm hoping that this is the start of turning him into the million dollar man

An ugly bruised leg, but under that medical tape is about a 5 inch scar. Good thing I go for guys with scars.

A Little (Bone) Remodeling

Eric's surgery is done and done. He has an orange foot (where they put the betadine for sterilization) so he matches Hopkins now. Today has been a long day, but praise the Lord everything went well.

And with the end of a long day, everyone needs Mexican food! (Because we all know I'm too tired to cook)

The patient is home safely and his recovery is starting. Yay, in only two short months he might be back close to normal! :)

Happy Mother's Day

To all types of mothers: step-, friend's-, grand-, and even my real mother, Happy Mother's Day. I got the best present of all, Eric's oldest is home to stay. Happy (Step) Mother's Day to me. :)

My boys :)

Pictures of a pretty leg

What a beautiful picture. That green is not the light... that is his leg. You can see (this is the opposite side of where he broke it) that the bruising extends all the way down to the foot. Poor baby, he's hurtin'.

This is the view of the side of the leg that is broken. The red cut looking thing is exactly where the bone is broken. This side of the leg looks better. And (thanks mostly to the meanest nurse in the world-me!) he has kept his leg elevated so much that there is hardly any swelling! Good for him. Surgery is in one day, we can't wait for the actual healing to begin!

Beautiful Southern Sky

View from our back door last night. God's paintbrush was at work.

Cheater Cheater McGee!

That is what I did today. With Eric being down for the count, the doubling of everything that I do is a bit of a shock to my system. You forget how nice it is to have someone take out the trash while you do dishes... or stop by on the way home from work and grab some milk. Anywhoooo, being a weee bit emotional right now because of our life trauma (and not getting more than 45 min consecutive sleep last night) I wanted to cheat today. And cheat we did!

It was WAAAYYYYY too much food for me. I haven't had potatoes for a long time. LOL I can't even cheat well. I ended up taking almost all the stuff off the burger, including the bun, and even then I couldn't finish the darn thing. Oh well, it tasted like cheating.

Eric's eyes were definitely bigger than his stomach here. He did better at eating the burgers than I did, but still had stuffs left over. That will be the last time we go out for a while. (Since his leg isn't repaired yet it is a bit of an ordeal to move him around without pain)

But, the flavor of the burger was worth it. We had a good time... and I even bought a thing of M&Ms to top off my cheating. (It's still sitting on the table. I'm too full, maybe I'll cheat another day again)

Eric's Smashing Success

Well, Eric has had his first... broken bone. And what a good one he decided to break. He broke his fibula (the outer skinny bone in your lower leg) near his foot neat in two. I saw the X-ray and it looked like his bone had lightning going through it. He also managed to tear his ligament. Surgery is imminent (on Monday), but he'll be good as new in a couple few months. For a while, I'll just have to get used to him under foot... oooh bad reference.

Right after it happened. Poor guy.

Waiting for the Orthopedic Surgeon to tell us when his surgery is.