A Look Inside

Tonight you get to see inside Woody's leg via x-ray and see what is holding his tibia together...quite a few screws, a plate on the side of the bone, and some bone cement in the center of the tibia. (The little horizontal lines that seem to go right along the fibia are the staples.) Twenty-five staples were removed. A few steri-strips were applied...very few as he had a reaction (little blisters) to the steri-strips the last time they were used (He is allergic to adhesives.). Today they were only put where the skin hadn't started to knit together and he was given permission to take them off if they started to cause any problems. The lab reports showed NO cancer which is what we expected...but one never knows till the lab report is in! He can gradually start putting more weight on his leg and perhaps can "kick the walker to the curb" by the end of next week. All in all a VERY good visit. I drove us to Melany's house in Murfreesboro and then Melany took over the driving to get us to Vanderbilt. She also drove on the return trip to Murfreesboro. AND (drum roll!!!)Woody (very happily!) drove the two of us back to Tullahoma. He's glad to have the freedom to drive added back again. He goes back to see Dr. Holt in three months.