The orthopedic visit today was a good one. Mason's new bone growth has exceeded expectations, and the doctor will remove the plate (and the cement/antibiotic bead) on Friday, February 25. She would have done it this Friday, but she will be out of town for a meeting.
This will be an outpatient procedure, and recovery time should be better than his last series of surgeries. And probably the best part is, he will soon be able to stop the chemical intake! The infectious disease doc wants him to continue them for about a week or so after the surgery, but just having a quit date really is helpful. :) The added Zofran has helped with his nausea, but one of the side effects of that particular drug is drowsiness.....so then we have to add Red Bull to combat that. It is/was a seemingly never-ending pharmacopoeia cycle, and it will be such a relief to go back to the mundane world of one-a-day-if-you-remember multivitamins.
So, we begin the end of the surgical portion of this saga! Hooray!! I have a feeling the therapy portion of the journey won't be a lot of fun, but it can't be worse than what has already been overcome!
When we find out what time the surgery will be I will post it here.
Yep, just knowing that there IS an end date wil help! You were due for some good news!
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