Ryan's Rally: We Got This

It took seven hours (no, I’m not kidding) but Ryan is now moved to his room on the surgical floor. He seems to be doing well with the pain medications.

We we’re told he will go out for surgery at 7:30 in the morning.

Ryan is scheduled for surgery tomorrow morning. As always, we are on “hospital time”, and this is akin to the cable company. Meaning it might, or might not, happen in the morning.

Ryan will get a titanium rod inserted into the femur that will be anchored in place (forever) above and below the break. Although he will be sore, I’m told he will be out of his excruciating pain almost at once. I’m also told he will be able to resume “normal” (how I hate that word) activity when he gets home.

So, when will he get home? They want to keep him for two or three days. I believe they said he would be in traction, but I might be making that up. I do know he will spend the night in traction.

As with the past 26-3/4 months, Sue or I will be by his side.

Oh, and we’re still in the fuddruckin’ E.R…. 6 hours now!

Ryan was given more morphine and settled down after the last dose wore off. We continue to wait in the E.R. for the orthopedic to check in. He obviously doesn’t share our urgency to get Ryan comfortably situated. I’m starting to make some noise about this, and my volume continues to rise as time passes.

Ryan will go in for surgery in the morning, this much we know. How do we know? Because the orthopedic told someone, who told someone else. Remember, we’ve seen hide nor hair of him yet. So, we still haven’t consulted on the exact surgical solution. For now and overnight, his leg will remain in traction.

I’ll let you know when Ryan makes his way to his room.

Ryan will be admitted and will require surgery to repair a broken femur. He will likely be in for at least a couple days to monitor. The femur is completely snapped and displaced. We will be meeting with an orthopedic to discuss specifics on whether to have a rod inserted in the bone or plates around the bone.

For now, we are still waiting in E.R. He is getting morphine for the pain.

Ryan just returned from x-ray. Still waiting on the slides to be reviewed, but overheard some chatter that he might need admitted for monitoring.

As much as I hate this, I tend to agree if they do. We would use this as a chance to get every test we can imaging run on him.