Saturdays visit
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Hi gang,
No visit yesterday lunch time, as Barrie was having an operation at 2.30 pm to remove the external fixation to his pelvis. This operation was a little premature, as ideally it should have been left in place for 60 days and not 45 days. However there was a risk of infection and if infection gets into the bone, then that could be very dangerous.
They X ray ed Dad on Friday and surgeon was happy that pelvis was sufficiently mended to remove fixation.
Therefore no point in risking the growing possibility of a dangerous infection.
Mel came with me in the evening and we were not expecting too much, we though he would be well zonked out after operation, well we were wrong. Barrie was awake and amazingly with it. Good to see him in form and also without the metal construction in his pelvis.
He was moaning a bit about his new position in the bed, more upright with knees elevated, body in Z shape.
He wanted to be lowered and more flat,
We tweaked his bed and got him more comfortably positioned. We also had pain in his left heal from dressing of a bed soar, the fixation in his left leg is both complicated and heavy, hence the problem. Managed to get a gel back under his heal that helped a little.
I requested a mirror, so he could have a look at himself and also have a look around the room behind his head where all his electronic machines were. previously he could only hear them, bleeping and pulsing.
Spent a good hour and half in there and eventually he started to tire and requested his blanket and for the light to be turned off, so tucked him up, killed lights and did everything but read him a story, as he had already crashed.
I said good night and left.
I left as usual soaking wet, as cloaks, masks and my abnormal high body temperature does not help.
We were going straight out to dinner and no change of shirt, so had to jam soaked shirt in rear window of car and dry out driving down motorway!!
Worked a treat!!
Bye for now.
Max
No visit yesterday lunch time, as Barrie was having an operation at 2.30 pm to remove the external fixation to his pelvis. This operation was a little premature, as ideally it should have been left in place for 60 days and not 45 days. However there was a risk of infection and if infection gets into the bone, then that could be very dangerous.
They X ray ed Dad on Friday and surgeon was happy that pelvis was sufficiently mended to remove fixation.
Therefore no point in risking the growing possibility of a dangerous infection.
Mel came with me in the evening and we were not expecting too much, we though he would be well zonked out after operation, well we were wrong. Barrie was awake and amazingly with it. Good to see him in form and also without the metal construction in his pelvis.
He was moaning a bit about his new position in the bed, more upright with knees elevated, body in Z shape.
He wanted to be lowered and more flat,
We tweaked his bed and got him more comfortably positioned. We also had pain in his left heal from dressing of a bed soar, the fixation in his left leg is both complicated and heavy, hence the problem. Managed to get a gel back under his heal that helped a little.
I requested a mirror, so he could have a look at himself and also have a look around the room behind his head where all his electronic machines were. previously he could only hear them, bleeping and pulsing.
Spent a good hour and half in there and eventually he started to tire and requested his blanket and for the light to be turned off, so tucked him up, killed lights and did everything but read him a story, as he had already crashed.
I said good night and left.
I left as usual soaking wet, as cloaks, masks and my abnormal high body temperature does not help.
We were going straight out to dinner and no change of shirt, so had to jam soaked shirt in rear window of car and dry out driving down motorway!!
Worked a treat!!
Bye for now.
Max