8.11

On August 11th, we had to follow up appointment for his latest surgery. 

He is doing well and healing the way he should be. 

He is residing at our house temporarily again until he is strong enough to go home. 

This is an X-ray of his right leg. 

This pretty much sums up the last 7 months. 

You can see the "cage" on his knee, the rod inserted after the hip fracture, and the two pins from the tibia fractures. 

X-ray of both legs. 

Right leg after staples were removed. 

Left leg after staples were removed. 

7.24

On 7.24, he was transferred to the rehab facility called Orchard Villa. 

Never send anyone there. 

Anyhow, because of COVID, there are no visitors. 

So we found his window and visited! 

7.17

Two steps forward and five steps back. 

My dad was home for a few weeks and doing ok, just starting to drive on his own again. 

He was walking out of the house and his walker was stuck on a pile of leaves. 

He pushed his walker and kept going. Falling on both knees. 

This was a new fracture we hadn't heard of. 

In both legs. Again. 

His left leg was much worse than his right this time around. 

Which is super unfortunate as this was always the strong leg. 

He had to have numerous pins put in his left leg and 2 pins in his right. 

They completely open the left leg but just did a couple of punctures on the right. 

 This is before the surgery. Poor guy. 

7.6.

Today at PT, my dad walked with a cane!! 

All the way to the car! 

Woohoo!!

6.23

Today was the six month follow up for my dad's knee surgery.
He has healed well but is still struggling with range in the right knee. He is about 70% and the doc would like to see him at least 90%. Perfect range is 115% but the doc doesn't think that he will ever get there, sadly.
We are also testing him for Osteoporosis. He is having a test this week. The doc doesn't think he can strengthen the bones but probably preserve them.
Stay tuned for next steps!

5.22 - 6.11

After weeks of physical therapy, my dad was well enough to go home. We still have therapy, he will be in that for quite awhile. But with some extras in place, he is able to function at home. 

5.21

On May 21, my dad graduated from Acute Rehab!! He was released and came to home to recover for a few more weeks. 

He did really well and is continuing physical therapy three times per week.