According to Woody's orthopedic surgeon all the bone cement and hardware are doing their job in holding Woody's tibia together. She doesn't need to see him again for a year...and she said that visit was only to keep him "in the system." We left the house at 6am and returned at 4:45pm...so another long day involving Vanderbilt appointments. We headed first to the outskirts of Nashville for his CT scan. We got there about 30 minutes before he was asked to be there. We were there for about 2 1/2 hours (10am). We had quite a few hours to kill before his 3pm appointment at Vanderbilt. We poked around in Bed Bath and Beyond for a while. Then we headed out to find some place for lunch. We ate and decided that we get on down the road and get to his appointment early in case we might get called in early. This time the early strategy paid off...he signed and not a lot later we were called back. Dr. Holt was there so she ordered the xrays that she needed. The xrays were taken and not long after he was back in the room Dr. Holt came in. She only talked to us a few minutes as she had talked to Woody when he was waiting for his xrays. She is pleased with his progress. She told him to just keep on walking like he has been doing. We were headed home by 2pm and were half-way home when it was time for his appointment! Nice to have the day go that way...that way we missed the afternoon rush hour which we would have been in if we had had to wait till 3pm. Woody walked to the prayer room after we got home. He is back and has settled in downstairs in front of the TV with a book in his hands. I am feeling the tiring effects of the day and have been half dozing and half awake. On the way home we stopped to get gas as we needed it for tomorrow's trip back to Vanderbilt. We don't have to leave before the crack of dawn tomorrow so that will be nice. He has labwork and then an appointment with Dr. Wyman, his melanoma oncologist. We will find out the results of today's CT scans if all goes as planned. Here are a couple of pictures of the wee hours of the morning in Middle TN: Ground Fog just before the sun came up:
And, just as the sun was coming up:
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