Dad finally had his surgery this week on Thursday. They used bone graft material, steel plates and 5 screws in each heel. The surgeon told mom that they started on the right foot first since according to the CT scan, it had cleaner breaks and would be faster to do. Only once he got inside, he said the right foot was much worse and that it was a "very bad break." It took him much longer to operate than he thought. Dad was in surgery for both feet for about 4.5 hours. He then stayed in recovery for about an hour and a half and was then moved to room 555 (easy enough to remember that room!).
Rachel told me as he was wheeled past them he slurred his words but told them it hurt a lot. For the next 23 hours, he stayed in constant pain, getting no relief. The hospital staff pumped him full of pain meds. He could push the morphine pump every 8 minutes, but he got no relief. The doctor told mom it would be about 24 hours before he felt better, and right around 23 hours, dad turned a corner. He is still in a lot of pain, but doing better. He will be returning to The Laurels today around noon to keep his hospital visit under 47 hours.
He received two new soft casts after his surgery.
I was 22 weeks, maybe even 23 before I felt significant movement with Jaina. Even now with this one, I'm just now feeling good kicks and turns. I felt flutters early, but sometimes its hard to tell!
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