As most of you know, Jonny shattered his elbow at the beginning of January. He had Surgery and they put a metal joint/plate/something in his arm. Well, therapy hasn't been working so well and after 5 months of it, he could only straighten his arm about 40 degrees. So they decided to go ahead and do another surgery to remove the scar tissue that had built up. Once they got in there they were going to decide if the radial head was too big and needed to be replaced. So I woke up and took Payton to my moms and off to the surgery center we went. We got there at 9:45 and after waiting an hour and half they finally took us back. They got Jonny prepped and then we waited another hour before they took him back. The surgery went well. They didn't have to replace the implant- PTL. It was a very long day. By the time we got home it was 4:30. Jonny is in pain but not like he was the first time- praise!! He has been sleeping since we got home (except for dinner which Jonny's mom brought us- Thanks Donna). Not really sure what the recovery will be like but he will be in pain for a few days. He starts his physical therapy tomorrow too. The doc said he should immediately be able to straighten his arm- just gotta keep it that way! Prayerfully we won't have to go through this again. Thankful for all the prayers, messages, and calls today. And for all the people who have helped and offered to help us!! We appreciate it all.
And let me just tell you, my husband coming off of anesthesia is quite a sight to see. I should have filmed him because he says some pretty ridiculous things when he is drugged up (hard to believe, right?). He definitely keeps me laughing (and somewhat embarrassed lol).
This was before all the drugs.... Just imagine
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