Here is Tyler, post-op. He was in surgery for an hour and the Doctor said everything went fine. This was 2 weeks ago (sorry about the lag in updates). They didn't have to open his hand up or anything. Just put Tyler under a "real-time" x-ray machine and shoved the pins into place. They did give Tyler the option of just having local anesthesia or going under completely. He elected to go under completely, which was probably best for everyone.
Tyler was trying to sleep off the drugs and Elsie kept slamming into our bedroom door (which doesn't latch anyway) as hard as she could. The door would slam open and Elsie would go crawling in there as fast as her little legs could carry her. After this happened a few times I decided to let her play with dad for a few minutes so she wouldn't be so curious and he could finally get some sleep. In this picture, she is making sure he knows she is definitely here to help.
And here I'm sure she is congratulating herself on what a great job she does of cheering up her dad.
This is the day he got the pins taken out (Tues, 5/25). This is supposed to be a shot of the pins in Tyler's thumb, not of the Doctor's fancy shoes. However, I was rushing and so his thumb is fuzzy while the Doc's shoes look nice and shiny. Anyway, Tyler kept asking if I thought they would give him anything when they took the pins out. I said no. He was very worried. The Doctor asked Tyler if he would prefer to lie down, but Tyler elected to remain sitting. He said it did feel weird having the pins come out, and although it didn't hurt, he was getting a bit queasy just by the feeling of having them pulled out. He didn't pass out, thank goodness. Now he is pin free! He does have to keep wearing the splint for a couple of more weeks when he's working, but other than that the splint is off and Tyler is trying to get some range of motion back into his thumb.
Tyler was trying to sleep off the drugs and Elsie kept slamming into our bedroom door (which doesn't latch anyway) as hard as she could. The door would slam open and Elsie would go crawling in there as fast as her little legs could carry her. After this happened a few times I decided to let her play with dad for a few minutes so she wouldn't be so curious and he could finally get some sleep. In this picture, she is making sure he knows she is definitely here to help.
And here I'm sure she is congratulating herself on what a great job she does of cheering up her dad.
This is the day he got the pins taken out (Tues, 5/25). This is supposed to be a shot of the pins in Tyler's thumb, not of the Doctor's fancy shoes. However, I was rushing and so his thumb is fuzzy while the Doc's shoes look nice and shiny. Anyway, Tyler kept asking if I thought they would give him anything when they took the pins out. I said no. He was very worried. The Doctor asked Tyler if he would prefer to lie down, but Tyler elected to remain sitting. He said it did feel weird having the pins come out, and although it didn't hurt, he was getting a bit queasy just by the feeling of having them pulled out. He didn't pass out, thank goodness. Now he is pin free! He does have to keep wearing the splint for a couple of more weeks when he's working, but other than that the splint is off and Tyler is trying to get some range of motion back into his thumb.
3 comments:
WOW! That is crazy! Does he have to go to physical therapy?
Baaaaaaaah! Those pins give me the heeby-geebies. I'm glad that part is over for Tyler. I hope the recovery goes well.
Those pins creep me out. R has prayed extra hard for him ever since she saw these pictures.
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