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@GRANDMAJACKIE - I hope your move goes (or has gone) smoothly!

@CLEPANT - I'm so glad to hear Brinkley is doing much better! And scary story about the black bear!! Those bears don't mess around.

@KAR328 - Oh wow! I think if you had gone in right after you fell, they'd also have to ask "Do you have any concerns going home and you are in a safe environment?" You could reply "About as safe as anywhere!" Not to minimize the seriousness of either your incident or what that question really implies...but I'm so glad you're not hurt any worse!! I hope you continue to heal fully. :flowerforyou:

@JANET - Safe travels and Happy Birthday to your Mother! I'm sorry you can't be there, but I totally understand. ((HUGS)))

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MY HOW TIME FLIES! Wow, three days gone in a blur! Things are continuing to settle down in my little world, thankfully and very gratefully. I will welcome a state of boredom cheerfully and with open arms!

Please feel free to skip to the end if you don't have the time or desire to read the following...

My wife's heel is doing really well. Infection appears to be gone after her second round of antibiotics and the huge hole of the incision is visibly getting narrower. Lots of new "silver skin" forming inside. The widest part of the opening is down to under a 1/2 inch and it is much less deeper. Still changing the bandages twice a day and taking every step possible to keep everything that comes near it sterile. Her surgeon and his PA are thrilled with how it looks and have taken her off of frequent monitoring every 2-3 days. Her next appointment is around 2 weeks out so that's really great!

Her father is also doing so much better! I don't recall where I left off...but quick summary: Last day of Memorial weekend, was take to the ER after he fell backwards downstairs carrying groceries in when one of his weak knees gave out, fractured his femur, not at the hip but at the "corner" where the bone turns downward. Had a rod and a pin & screw put in. In the hospital 5 days due to low hemoglobin so monitoring for internal bleeding. None found, got blood transfusion, sent to transitional care facility (TCU). There 3 days and started PT, pain in chest, back to ER, scan found huge saddle clot between heart to both lungs (the "widowmaker"), surgery to remove it, also had near entire blockage in leg so surgery the again next morning to remove that. Surgeon showed us pics of both procedures and the clots looked like large earthworms. Now back at the TCU, six days constipated and REALLY sick and understandably unhappy and very ornery. I mean, he IS an 81 y.o. former Marine so the ornery part is not all that unusual... . That finally resolved overnight right before the day of his being transported back to the surgeon for routine followup. His mood and motivation really improved after he asked the Doc if he was going to have to live in a nursing home going forward and the Doc kinda sputtered, smiled and said, "Phhhlllbbpt! WHY?!? Not at all! Do your PT and get your functional strength back and you'll be able to go back home or wherever you want to go!" He also had a shower and felt more human again, went to the PT room and did 7 minutes on an exercise bike plus some other stuff! So that was HUGE! He's continuing PT every day and OT (sitting up and transitioning from bed-to-standing-to chair and back, dressing himself, bathroom and grooming, etc.) Moving in the correct direction finally!

As for me, I was scheduled for a colonoscopy the day Jen's Dad was taken back to the ER with chest pains so having been up most of the night prepping, she had to hobble to the car with her super painful heel, drive an hour to the hospital, and hang out with her sister alone. I was so busy all week that I didn't read my C prep instructions until the night before. Totally my bad...that was on me. I got home around 11pm from a dinner of a big burger, tots, a dessert I split with my wife, and an adult beverage...all of which were no-no's so I was way behind on my prep. I took the laxative pills and started on my 64oz Powerade/Miralax cocktail. I finished around 2:00am. Nothing was moving yet and it really should've been. So I climbed into bed. My first mistake. My busy week meant like 3-4 hours of sleep each night for the last week so I slept HARD. Let's just say I didn't wake up when the Miralax began to work. My alarm went off at 6:30am. UH OH. I ran to the bathroom and *sort of* made it to the toilet. Then I'm cleaning that up and then jumping into the shower to rinse off while Jen is stripping the bed and throwing it into the washer. She grabs a spare sheet and blanket, put on her CPAP and eye masks, her head no sooner hits the pillow when the phone rings and of course it was her sister telling us Dad went back to the ER with chest pains. She leaves, I'm worried I'm not nearly cleaned out well enough so I do another laxative pill and nearly full round of 50oz of Powerade/Miralax. My appt wasn't until 2:30, but I was ready & cleared out by then. But they make you bring a driver so I had to call around and find an available friend or neighbor to take me since Jen was now unavailable. Ugh. Once there during intake, one of the questions was "Do you have any redness, swelling, or infection anywhere on your body?" Off-handedly & not thinking much of it, I said that my ankles were pretty swollen and my left leg was a little red and tender just above that ankle because I have been up and walking on it several hours each night the previous week. She asked me to roll my compression sock down to see it. She feels it for warmth then goes to get the Doc doing my C. He said, I'm sorry but you'll have to reschedule and we can't do your C until your primary Doc checks it out. It could be nothing, cellulitis, or a clot but we don't want you under full anesthesia until we know for sure. Apart from being MORE than upset I wasn't getting my C, I was more worried about calling Jen that I might have a clot or cellulitis while she's sitting in the ER with her Dad with clots and whose Mom died from a long bout of cellulitis after being bit by a brown recluse spider. But I called her and told her without specifically mentioning either of those words. My Primary Doc was almost literally across the street so my friend drove me there. They wouldn't see me without an appointment of which they had none. Turns out even if they did, they didn't have any imaging equipment to rule out a clot anyway so I'd have to go somewhere else. They recommended the Urgency Room (UR) in town 5 miles away. We drove there. Sign on the door, "Closed". They had a busted water pipe. That left 2 other UR's in the metro area...20 and 45 miles away almost in rush hour now. We looked online to make sure they were open and saw you have to have an appt because they were slammed with the one being closed. Everyone was going to the closest one so appts were 4-5 hours out. We looked at the further one. They had tons of immediate appts so I guess we're going there. We arrive an hour later, I get an ultrasound of both legs and thankfully no clots. It's cellulitis, but not serious and very treatable. PA wrote a scrip for antibiotics and I was on my way home. My friend had no idea what they were in for when they agreed to drive me. But that reminds me, I still need to get her some thank you flowers and sugar-free candies/chocolate.

TLDR; WELL beyond "When it rains, it pours!" But me, my wife, and her Father are doing great considering!

Have a great weekend, everyone, and PLEASE STAY SAFE!!!!!!!!!
Dave

Dave