Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Fun in the snow...

Okay, as most of the people who follow this blog know Dave had a bit of an accident this past weekend. I just wanted to post real quick and let everyone know how he is doing. He was released from the hospital yesterday after his chest x-ray looked good. So he came home that afternoon and is doing wonderfully! He had to bring home a respiratory exercise machine for his punctured lung which he is doing really well with. He is able to walk (carefully) and he can go up and down the stairs in our house. For the most part he can do just about everything himself. He's figured out how to use the rest of the muscles in his body instead of his back. So he's really sore from the injury and having to change the ways he does things, but he's incredibly upbeat and he's doing amazingly well with it all. They didn't recommend surgery or even a back brace. They said that using the brace would be a waste of time given where he broke his back. So YAY! :) He's going to be home for 3 to 4 weeks. The doctors said that he could do whatever his body will allow him to do. So we'll see how quickly this heals. So, I just wanted to let everyone know! Thanks to you all for all your prayers and well wishes!!

4 comments:

Lisa said...

Oh YAY I'm so glad to hear he is doing so good! Thats my big bro for ya! Strong and upbeat about it all! Heart ya both! :D

Shayla said...

wow home for 3 to 4 weeks?! I guess now he'll know how bored you get. :)

Icekimo said...

Yeah I told him that he should stay in the hopspital seeing as they at least get cable.lol

Shayla said...

hahaha that's awesome. :)