Tyler is Tough

Saturday, November 21

Tyler is doing amazingly well after his surgery. Yesterday he was in severe pain due to the CPM machine attached to his leg. This machine applies controlled motion to bend his leg back and forth. Usually the machine is placed on his leg just hours after surgery but it wasn't applied for 24 hours so his leg was stiff and this caused Tyler a lot of pain. He was given some very strong pain medicine and that was hard on his body to adjust to also. Today was a better day!

He woke up feeling less pain and was able to get out of bed walk around and even have some light physical therapy. He should be able to be discharge later this afternoon. He will return to the hospital on Monday to have his dressings changed and leg checked. Sarah will return to Louisville on Tuesday just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. Charles and Elijah will return tomorrow so that Elijah can be at school on Monday and Charles can be at work.

Tyler will return to St Jude on December 1st to have his leg checked and his staples removed. He will also have blood work and scans done to assure that he remains cancer free. We must continue to pray for good news and healing.

Let us give thanks to HIM for all the blessings we recieve daily.
Happy Thanksgivng!
Kim