Another update on hubby...

I wish I had wonderful news to share with everyone about my hubby's leg, but after a CT scan and a visit to the Orthopedist yesterday, he came home with devastating news. We're still trying to wrap our minds around our two options. Firstly the doctor told him that this leg was never going to heal. There was just too much trauma to the bone and too much missing cartilage for the leg to ever be normal. His first option is to go in and fuse the foot and ankle, and he gave that an 85% chance of doing the job, but the continued risk of infection is high and that the bones won't hold the fusion because they are already so damaged is a real possibility. His other option is to amputate from the mid calf down. We know that's the option we have to pick, but it's so difficult to wrap our heads around that at this point. Our choice is when to do the surgery. Bill want's to wait until after the children leave next April or May, but that means he will struggle along with pain, swelling, constantly have to lay down and give his foot a break. After the amputation he will be fitted with a prosthetic leg and I believe life would get back to much more normal for us. He's been down now for almost a year, has five surgeries behind him, contract MRSA and spent nearly a week in ICU. I'm very weary of dealing with all the set backs and he is too. I would so appreciate your prayer support during this difficult time of making the right decision and picking the right time...

Hugs,
Barb