Tony's home and resting (not comfortably though). He's in a lot of pain. When the surgeon got his wrist opened up, it was much worse than he had originally expected. It took him about 2 hours to re-build Tony's wrist and put a 6" plate and (6) screws in. His wrist bones were shattered into more than 50 pieces, some of them so fine he said they looked like specks of sand. But the surgeon is pleased with the outcome. He is going to have about a 5-6" scar running from the palm of his hand about half-way to his elbow. The good news is the doctor is quite optimistic that he will have full-use of his wrist and hand after it heals.
They were not able to cast it today because of the tremendous swelling and the number of stiches that were put in. So I will take him back to the doctor in about a week and they will remove the stiches and put a cast on at that point. Here's a pre-surgery pic.
2 comments:
Love the blue cap!
Poor tony. I didn't know this happened until today. Let me know if you guys need anything. We can help!! Lots of love to everyone! Also, tell tony to try not to be such a klutz... :<)
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