
Saturday night was a little wild. Joey was trying to help the nurse in his room clean up a spill on his tray, when he accidentally pulled out all three of his medication lines, including his pic line. It was pure chaos because Joey immediately starting bleeding out from the holes where the lines had come out. The nurse in his room reacted instantly, tackled Joey like a pro powder puff football player, and began applying pressure on all the open areas on his arm. She wrapped Joey's arm and applied pressure firmly until the blood flow slowed down and began to clog. Joey mentioned after the fact, that the whole ordeal was pretty crazy and chaotic, but getting tackled by his nurse Super Bowl Style was pretty cool ;) That's why we love our Joey! :)
Joey was taken down to Radiology this afternoon, where they re-inserted all his IVs and a new pic line. He also had his wound changed on his amputated leg. Changing out the black spongy material from the hole in his amputated leg is extremely painful, but Joey said it went better today than it did a couple days ago. Joey received a special gift from Tim, a good friend, who works in wound care at EIRMC. Tim went out and bought Joey a Boise State blanket and pillow days ago, when he was in extreme pain, to help cheer him up. Thank you Tim for being so thoughtful and wonderful!
Joey is doing great. He is still on blood pressure medicine, but his kidney doctor has taken Joey off his special diet. Yeah!!! Joey was ecstatic about that. Joey's friends all came into the hospital this evening and watched the Super Bowl game with him. They brought lots of food, and Joey's favorite---buffalo wings!!! So Joey had great company, good food, and an added bonus----the Saints won! Yeah!! I know Joey was touched that his friends would miss their big Super Bowl party to spend the evening in the hospital with him. Thanks guys!! :)
Tomorrow Joey will be taken in to have his dialysis catheter removed permanently. Yeah!!! We won't miss that, and I know Joey won't either!! Goodbye dialysis catheter, and hello Kidneys!!
Last item of business: Joey has requested that I post pictures of the hole in his amputated leg (2" wide X 8-1/4" deep) and the overall process of the fasciotomy on his arm (at his friend's request). Only because I love Joey, have I agreed to post the pictures. Joey, you know I love you. I do need to warn readers though. They are extremely graphic, so if you have a weak stomach, you may not want to scroll down. Enter at your own risk!!!
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Here is a picture of the bruising on Joey's arm from all the IVs he has had over the last month.

Here is a picture of the open fasciotomy on Joey's arm after the black spongy material was removed, and the doctors started the process of closing the wound back up.

After the wound was stitched closed. Joey got to keep his tatoo :)

Here is a picture of the hole in Joey's amputated leg. This picture was taken while the wound was being cleaned out, and the black spongy material and tubes were taken out.
Hey, Joey! Those pictures are pretty cool. Talon was fascinated to see what the human body looks like inside. Sounds like you had a fun super bowl!!! You sure have a huge support group of friends and family that love you so much and think the world of you. We love seeing how you are healing and improving every day. You have an amazing attitude, and we are so proud of you. We know your life was saved for some very important reasons, and you will be the means of saving other people's lives. WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteJoey-this is Val, Chad's Mom. First, I want to say that I have been praying for you every single day since this started, and I am totally addicted to this blog-I check it at least once a day, usually two or three times. You are truly a miracle. Every day for the rest of your life you really do need to remember that fact. You are a miracle. Also-Cheryl (is she an aunt?) is an angel for keeping us all posted on your recovery. This blog is amazing and she has not missed a day-THANK YOU CHERYL. Mostly, I just wanted to tell you that there are probably hundreds of people out here in cyberland that are keeping daily progress reports of you close to their hearts and in their prayers. A lot of people that you don't even know and probably never will. You are such an incredible inspiration to all of them. And to all of us who love you and think of you daily.
ReplyDeleteWELL JOEY YOUR DOING AWESOME AND I KNOW THE BOYS LOVED COMING TO SPEND THE SUPER BOWL WITH YOU!! WE ALL LOVE YOU AND WILL SEE YOU SOON
ReplyDeleteJoesia not going to lie you told me that would be gross and it was right! Thanks for that aweful experience!! ;) Love ya
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