This is the machine

The CPM. Which we hate.

Decorating

We have to be creative, it’s a good thing Becca has the claw.

Status update

We are back in the springs and Becca is still hooked up to the
machines. Her parents are here and are a huge help for us. The phrase
she uses to respond to questions of how she is doing is "up and down."

Going home today

Sick and tired and sore, some more than others. We are packed up and ready to hit the road after a couple more PT appointments.

Spokesmodel

Early morning appointment with Dr. Phillipon to check up on the hip.
Becca is enjoying her Gatorade. Starting to feel a little better now.
We have to give a shout out to the Wingerts for having our backs on
the pill schedule. Their well times calls kept us on track. Thanks!

Still Hanging In There

The surgery went well and everything seems to be going the way it should. Becca is resting between Physical Therapy sessions, and taking lots of pills. She feels kinda sick at the moment, but it’s been a stressful few days, and there is lots of medicine doing all kinds of things to her.

She is moving around pretty well now in the crutches. It’s a lot better this year than last year because she isn’t suffering through those spinal headaches. Really it’s amazing how much she can move around after having such a major surgery.

We are kinda wiped out from a cold that we picked up right before surgery. Sleep would be nice. I should get some of that.

Thank you all for your prayers and concern, things have really come together for us here. Over the past couple of months we have gone through a lot of emotional ups and downs, wondering if this surgery was going to happen. Now it’s happened and we are just now starting to look forward to what we’re going to do after Becca has recovered. We leave here on Saturday.

Another day down

We had a bit of a long night, lots of waking up to take medicine and
adjust machines. Continuing to recover and doing more PT.

Day 1

We had a little sleep last night. In our second PT appointment right
now. Hopefully we can have some time to catch our breath this evening.

Done for the night

All is well

Just about done

Just waiting here. She will be coming out of surgery pretty soon, they say.

She’s in for surgery now

Just rolled her in to start.

Still waiting, but it’s definite

We just talked to the doctors, they are running behind today. But, they assured us that she will get in today.

Surgery at 1:30 Today

We are here in Vail again. Excited to be getting this done. We got a great couple days with family over thanksgiving, but now it’s time to get Becca walking again.

Surgery Postponed

Yesterday, we were in the pre-op room ready for surgery, Becca was hooked up the an IV and Oxygen for hours, and then they told us they ran out of time to get her in for surgery. The surgeon had to catch a flight and things were going long. Monday is the next available time slot. So we will be back in Vail for surgery again on Monday. We will post time and details after we hear from them.

Still waiting

Not sure how much longer it will take. Doing fine.