Medical Update

Saturday was another long day for Justin. He spent six hours in surgery again today. Dr. Hillyard was not able to repair the fracture in Justin's pelvis, since it is already day 14 and it had begun to heal. He WAS able to put screws into the bone to align the Sacroiliac joint. It had already twisted at a severe angle, giving Justin chronic pain. The doctor is disappointed that he was not able to give the pelvic fracture the attention he would have liked to, but is relieved to have adjusted the SI joint.
Justin was able to have his feeding tube removed Friday afternoon. That is huge progress. He is still on a limited diet and is restricted to hospital food. Justin has needed to be on insulin, so every calorie and carbohydrate that he consumes must be monitored. He looks forward to the day I can bring him an orangesicle shake.
As of today his WBC is dropping which is a great sing, especially since he just had surgery yesterday.