I just spoke to Bill earlier today.
He's in pretty good spirits and is sounding more and more like the Bill we all know and love. The official "diagnosis" is broken ulna (arm), broken tib/fib on one leg (upper and lower leg) and broken tib on the other, broken pelvis, and there was a break in L4/L5 so he broke his back. Also, his knee was a mess but that wasn't mentioned in the official chart.
Anyway...he had the surgery Sunday to put rods in one of his legs and in his arm, but he still needs to have surgery in one more leg. I think they fixed his knee when they did this surgery. He is off all intravenous drugs (YAY!! Good for him!!) and he has gotten to a point where the pain medication is doing a good job without totally knocking him out or making him all groggy.
The plan is for him to move into a rehab house on Monday. Can you BELIEVE IT??? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" /> He will have to wait about a week or so after that just to have the surgery on his other broken leg--not to mention his pelvis and back! At this time he is on complete bedrest, and when he's being a "good boy" he gets up out of bed and sits in his wheelchair for 45 min. as part of his recovery. Of course, we all know that Bill is anything but good! heehee <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" />
Let's see...his oxygen saturation is staying up (when pain meds were all wrong, his O2 level would go down to 60% and that's BAD!! Now they stay up) and his blood count is doing good, so he's doing better. He's getting some sleep, which is also very good, and mostly just wishes his girls could visit him. He misses his girls a LOT.
Sooo...I read him his MB posts and well-wishes and prayers everyday, and you can't imagine how much it cheers him up. Please keep writing and posting, and everything that I print, I'm also going to mail to him once he gets settled someplace he's going to stay for a while.
On Bill's behalf, thank you all so much for your prayers and thoughts!!
CJ
