Pre – operation preparation
Tomorrow Marshall will have his first operation on his club foot. He has had it in plaster since his first week with weekly trips to Nashville to have the plaster changed. The foot has turned quite a bit but tomorrow they operate under anaesthetic to drop the heel down. Hannah and Andrew will leave here at 3a.m. in order to be there for all the pre-op stuff, and we will look after Eleanor and take her down with us a little later in the morning as we are all headed for Chattanooga and the mountains for a couple of days. But today they had to go through the procedure of removing the cast. This begins with sanding the plaster to remove the shiny surface and make it more porous, and then they have to apply vinegar to break down the cast for removal. They put a large sock over the plaster and drench it in vinegar. This has been a weekly task the night before going to Nashville. With just over 2 hours drive each way and Eleanor hating car travel it has been quite a business. After the op the leg will go back into a cast for 3 more weeks and then he will have some sort of brace instead for 6 months, and then it will be another brace that just has to be worn at night for a couple of years.
June 17, 2010 at 6:29 am |
Hi to all – great to see the US family looking so well and the kids growing so quick (as they do!). Read through your blog Jill – what a lot you have done and amazing educational spaces and ideas you have come across.
Hi and best wishes for the op from the Taranaki Hoskins.