Yet another "bump" in the road

I swear if we get Jack home in one piece it will be a miracle. Mark called to let me know that Jack has a good size pressure sore on his back, near the incision from the body jacket. He called the orthopedic nurse practioner and emailed her a picture of what it looks like - who then passed it on to the orthopedic resident. Her answer -- bring Jack back to the hospital. Not only NO, but HELL NO! Mark now has to put Jack in the car and get him to the orthotist's office to make further adjustments to the body jacket. No small feat when you consider he cannot sit in his regular wheelchair and must be in a fully reclined position at all times. If he has a pressure sore after only about 5 hours in the body jacket yesterday, what will he have after 28 hours in the car?

When I mentioned to the nurse practioner that we were not at all prepared for what was required post-surgery and that we should never had been told we could get Jack home by car so soon after surgery, her response was that the surgeon wasn't expecting Jack's bones to be as "soft" as they were and that is the reason for the extensive brace and the strict rules regarding moving him. I have to be honest, I'm scared $#%-less that Jack's bones are not going tolerate the hardware ever.

Hopefully, this is just a minor and fixable "bump" on the road to recovery (and home!)

Pictures from Jack's trip home from the hospital yesterday and hanging out at Peg's today.