Thank you for the many contacts regarding Joshua. We appreciate each of you.
Joshua's surgery was yesterday. It was almost 3xs as long as predicted. The surgeon was able to place all of the bones in his hand, wrist, and the end of his arm back in position and fasten them without having to do the Scenario 2. He has five pieces of "free floating" (surgeon's words) bones and four fractures.
Scenario 2 was going in from the top of the wrist and affixing a plate to hold everything in place. This would have kept him from moving his wrist and would have necessitated a second surgery and a longer healing time.
We are very thankful the surgery is behind us. Joshua is in quite a bit of pain today and is resting at his home.
I apologize for being slow on the updates. My days are very full and rewarding. I am on my feet until 7-8 and sometimes 9-10 each day. I am thankful to have the opportunities and the health to do what I am doing each day, but it limits my time for things like updating the blog. My love to all!
