Recovering over the Weekend

Brandon came home friday from the hospital with very little sleep over 48 hours and was very tired. He could not sleep on the drive home. Once he was home in his own bed he finally let himself get some good sleep. I was almost as bad as him having little sleep myself and Kristin felt the same. Brandon has slept on and off for hours the whole weekend and now is beginning to show signs of feeling better. He is not asking for pain medicine as frequent and has been up long enough to watch his new video "Beatlemania". He has been awake long enough to track Gustov - the hurricane and hear about the changes at the Republican convention. All of great concern to him.

Brandon will be very limited in his mobility for the next month. He cannot get the cast wet, he cannot sweat (therefore no outside) and he cannot put any weight on the foot. This will really limit his activities for a few weeks. Dr Birch and Dr McDreamy fused four bones in Brandon's foot and detached and repaired his main tendon. The foot was put back together with pins, a button at the bottom of the foot and wires sticking out of the cast. If this area gets wet there is a possibility of infection. The cast has been mostly covered. It was open all the way up the leg to allow for swelling. Transfering Brandon has been a little difficult because he now weighs 100 lbs and he must balance on one foot. But so far so good. We will go back to Scottish Rite on the 18th for a cast check and then 2 weeks following for the removal of the cast and molding for a brace under anesthesia. They will place another cast on this foot while the brace is being made. The new cast should be on for about three weeks. If they are able to remove the button when they remove the cast he will be able to walk on the new cast.

I think this is the latest info I have for now. More later.
Leah