I’m pleased to announce that I see no reason to continue these updates. His last stitches came off today and he’s just a normal teenager. I rate this surgery a 9 compared to a 3 last time.
Now back to your regularly scheduled internet….
Brad’s kyphosis was corrected to 47 degrees, which is very close to normal. His scoliosis is gone completely. He feels really good and is pretty much painfree.
He asked Dr. Haber when he could drive again. Dr. Haver said 4 weeks is the norm, but people heal differently and to check with the insurance company to see if they had a rule. Turns out they don’t…gonna to hard to keep him penned up.
He can now swim and bathe, but should stay out of reservoir water for a couple more weeks. Think about that next time you drink jackson water.
I’m very glad that he doesn’t have any loose screws, or any more than he had before.
Pre-surgery
No pain today. He went riding around with a friend today for the first time since the surgery.
Follow-up appointment is Friday….
Brad et al up river…
Tobi on the Bow
Brad Upriver
We went up river today, which entailed a 20 minute car ride on Yandell Road (ouch!) and crossing some big boat wakes. He seemed to do fine all day, much better than hanging around at home. He can’t get his stitches wet, so he complained about the heat some…nothing about the pain.
The current was running like crazy as they must have opened the spillway gates, so I had a trying time navigating the river. We ended up going all the way to Cole’s Bluff to our favorite sandbar. The current was so strong that we had to set an anchor fixed to a stern cleat to keep the boat from heading downriver without us.
The neighbor girl (MT, or Miles Taylor) went with us, along with Tobi and Beth.
Video to come…but it was too much fun to spend a lot of time videoing.
