For those of you who've inquired about son Nathan, who broke his femur in three places last month following a fall off a rope swing at camp:
Nathan's f/u appt. at the Orthopedic Clinic in Seattle was last week. He and Dad came home exhausted. Nathan and Dad spent approx. 30 mins. at the appt. and 9 (nine) hours travelling to and from the appt. Construction on the I-5 into Seattle makes travel there something right out of Dante's Inferno. It was a nine-hour RT even tho they took the ferry over from Port Orchard to avoid the *worst* of the south Seattle construction. (Is there a such thing as "best" construction??)
The good news:
-- It was a nice day for a drive - clear, sunny and blue
-- Even tho they were over an hour late for the appt., some tag-team phone calls and creative scheduling helped ensure Nathan being seen promptly. Thankfully, the docs were a lot more flexible than the freeway!
-- Nathan is healing well and making good progress.
-- He has "surprisingly" good range of motion and flexibility at this point - tho a lot of rehab work remains
-- No signs of infection from surgery
-- Nathan no longer needs the oral morphine for pain. ("I'm boooooored" has made the Top 10 on his Daily Hit Parade)
-- No more stitches! They took out all 20 today and removal was "easy." (Man. Kid. Whatever. "Tarzan's" surgical incision is gonna be one "gold medal" scar some day!)
The not-so-good news:
Chris and Nathan *get* to go back to Seattle in three weeks for another round of X-rays, etc. The docs will do some pre-surgery stuff at the next Ortho visit preparatory to a second surgery to remove the two lower screws in his leg. The plate and the remaining 7 screws are permanent. The second surgery will probably take place in October.
We still haven't been able to get Nathan in to physical therapy, despite 2-1/2 weeks of due diligence and tearing our hair out trying. And Ike probably thought planning the Normandy Invasion was tough. Bet he never met insurance bureaucrats! (We've decided there must be a special place in Hades reserved for insurance pinheads.) We'll keep trying to get Nathan in to a P.T. clinic here locally - regular visits to Seattle are akin to *visiting* Torquemada.
Nathan is doing well on the whole, but don't look for him to replace Johnny Weismuller any time soon. Natho and his crutches will remain "fast friends" for the foreseeable future.
Thanks again for your prayers. God is good.
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