Update:
On Wednesday afternoon (9/21), my daughter, Ruth, and I fly out from
Eau Claire to Indianapolis, IN. On
Thursday, I have a number of pre-operation appointments. My amputation revision surgery is scheduled
for Friday morning (9/23) tentatively about 10 a.m. The surgery will last four to five
hours. I’ll be staying in the hospital
for three to five days and then transfer to a nearby rehabilitation facility
for about two weeks.
My surgeon Dr. Janos Ertl will do a specialized amputation surgery
(osteomyoplastic—also known as the Ertl procedure). The surgery will be done at Eskenazi Hospital
in Indianapolis. Ruth will stay with me
through the weekend and then my brother, Kevin, will be with me for the next
few days until I am transferred to the rehab facility. It’s only a four hour drive from St. Louis
for my brother. (My wife, Karen, won’t
be coming with me for this. Someone has
to stay home and make money to pay for it all.)
At this point, I believe the rehab facility will be Wellbrooke of
Westfield in Westfield, IN. I’ll be
going through physical and occupational therapy while I am there. Since I’m coming from a distance, Dr. Ertl
didn’t want me to travel immediately after surgery. My brother will be back to visit with me the
last weekend in rehab.
Ruth will return on Tuesday (10/11) to check me out of rehab and take
me to a follow-up appointment with Dr. Ertl that afternoon. We fly back home the next day on Wednesday
(10/12).
I’ll have a number of follow-up appointments with Dr. Ertl over the
next year. I’ll probably be fitted for a
prosthesis in November, depending on how quickly I heal.
I would appreciate prayers for safe and uneventful travels, a
successful surgery without complications, and for a number of details to all
work out satisfactorily.
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