
This is how we spent our
Christmas~New Year's
Holiday Vacation
The Daddy fell off of our roof on Dec. 26th
Which was also Jesse's 15th birthday.
He was cleaning out the wood stove
chimney pipe and slipped.
He fell from about one and a half
stories high. He landed on his feet
and rolled forward.
both of his calcaneous (heel) bones
were smashed along with the little
joint that is just above it.
I called 911 and they took him away
in the ambulance.
We spent the next 3 days at the hospital.

We became regulars at the cafeteria.
His feet were so swollen they could not
do surgery that week.
We brought him home for 2 weeks
and then he was back in the hospital
for 4 more days to have
his feet rebuilt with permanent
plates and screws.
They took bone grafts from
both of his tibias.
It is a VERY painful process.
He can not put any pressure/weight
on his feet for three months.

We have had him home for 3 days now.
He really wanted a bath.
Good thing I have a nice
BIG tub!!
I got to pull the pain block
catheter wire/tubes out of the the
backs of his knees while he was soaking.
He didn't yell when I did that,
but he did yell when I ripped
all the tape off that was holding them down.
He almost passed out on me
twice after we got him
out of the tub.
I told him he had the
water too hot.
Nothing like having a big
naked guy in a wheel chair with
his eyes rolling back in his head!

He is now all safe and snug.
He has fresh ice packs on his feet and
his computer to keep him
busy.

I caught the cold my kids
had all week.
Lucky offers comfort when ever
I have a few spare minutes!
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I have done some blog visiting when
I could, but have not had time to leave
many comments.
I will try to get back to commenting
as soon as I can.
Daddy (Travis) said he would
give me a trip to Hawaii
if we didn't kill each
other in the next 3 months.
I bought a new bikini top at
Target yesterday...
Aloha!!
Blessings~LillySue