Surgery Today

Joey had surgery today on his amputated leg. His leg was swollen, retaining fluids, and had dead muscle that needed to be removed. The doctors cut a hole in the bottom of his amputation about two inches wide by six inches deep. They put a black spongy looking material in the hole, and connected tubes to the material to more efficiently drain the fluids. More than likely, Joey will have these tubes in his amputation for a couple weeks. The amputation needs to heal from the inside out.

As you can imagine, this was a hard day for Joey. He was in extreme pain, and was given additional medications, to help him sleep through the pain until this evening.

Joey also had a round of dialysis this morning. He is having dialysis every other day for now.

We love you Joey! You are going to get through this and pretty soon, you will begin to have more good days than bad. You are stronger than you know!!! We love you!!!!

Post Time 11:45 PM


This is a picture of Joey's fasciotomy that was done on his arm. This is a similar procedure to what was done on his amputation today.