keep 'em coming

Prayers are working!!

So far today – Doctor came in when mom was here this morning and was kind of flippant with her. Explained that they were not going to do surgery because they were just going to let it heal on its own. This was confusing since yesterday’s report from the same doctor was adamant about how they were going to screw down the clavicle in three places to stabilize since he had broken the scapula as well as the clavicle. His pancreatic enzymes that they apparently were concerned about yesterday are no longer a concern and looked normal. THIS IS GREAT NEWS! Indicates little or no injuries to the inside……

They let him eat since he did not have to be permanently ready for surgery and then they were able to give him some pain pills to go with the morphine. This seemed to make him a lot more comfortable. Until the occupational therapist came in. Then I had to leave, but apparently she made him sit up on the side of the bed. When she told him she would be back later, he said, “No, you don’t need to come back.” Many of his comments are hilarious despite the situation he is in.
At 1:55 pm another orthopedist came with a copy of the clavicle xray. She was really nice and apologized for the conflicting reports. She was younger than me and seemed extremely intelligent. She explained that the alignment of the bones was as good as they would be able to do with surgery. She said that they felt with his age, lung condition, other injuries, and trauma that they would be doing more harm than good by operating and they wanted him to heal on his own as much as possible. The risk of infection, risk of anesthesia and risk of recovery from surgery was greater than the potential gains. She was very patient with us, but Dad told me to hush once when I was trying to ask a question. This is not the first time I think I got on his nerves. Cconfirmed that he only had one scapula broken. During her visit he asked a couple of questions and explained the feeling he has in his shoulder blade that is broken. She said all that is perfectly normal and is just part of the healing process. He ate fruit and broccoli for lunch and has been calling his friends.

The Nurse Practitioner from the Trauma Center came to explain to Dad that they were not doing surgery and was very nice and friendly. She said they will do another chest X-ray first thing in the morning. She said the lung is inflated now and that it was not punctured, just collapsed. Depending on the x-ray, they will watch it tomorrow and change it to water seal tomorrow and then pull it the following day. Best case scenario is to get out of here Saturday. All of this is very positive info. :-)
He is feeling a lot better this afternoon after eating and talking to a couple of his friends. I’m hanging in the hospital room and missing my boys. Watching Dr. Oz and planning to disinfect my fridge as soon as I get home.