Follow-up to Friday afternoon

I don't know what happened to the follow-up I wrote Saturday morning about Friday afternoon, but here's the shortened version:

We had to call the orthopedic again to call the anesthesiologist again because it got later and later and the anesthesiologist had still not called. The second call did the trick and they called Friday evening. Without seeing him, they can't be sure ... but unless he spikes a high fever, we are to assume the position he was in during surgery ("the doctor requried him to be on his stomach" -- well, no duh! -- did they think he could do surgery on the back of the leg with him face up and the leg up in the air??) caused more than typcial injury to the vulva. Just numb it with Chlorasceptic, he says! So, Friday night he had a shake and did not enjoy it.

Saturday

He didn't care to eat anything Saturday morning, even though he was hungry. He wouldn't even have ice cream or frozen limeade treats because he'd have to swallow. Finally, early afternoon, he agreed to scrambled eggs and pancakes. Even though it hurt to swallow, he enjoyed them. For a late-night dinner, he had a burrito. Same issues still.

Saturday was his first shower! Thanks to Becky for the shower seat and to Susan for the shower stool. Both were used for the big event. We got the cast and knee all wrapped up good with garbage bags, rubber bands and velcro strips. Then he sat on the chair and put his leg on the stool (Dr. gave him shower and bathroom priveleges, but he still should keep his leg up as much as possible), so he was able to take a nice long shower. This worked much better than the shower before surgery when we had a tall stool in there and he had to hold his foot up off the ground and balance on the stool.

Thanks to Daniel and Alyssa for the visit. It was nice to see him talking and laughing. :)