1 Week Later

Today it's one week since Ryan had his surgery!
He took another shower today!

I counted the staples in his incision...33!

And it's about 12 inches long!

I couldn't help but think back to his long day of surgery just following the accident. It was about a week after those surgeries that Jan and I took the girls to see Ryan in Flint. It was the first time they had seen him after the accident, and it was my 3rd. I was still using a wheelchair because it was a long walk up to see him!

The girls were eager to help, as always, and here they are pushing me in to see him.

I love Jan's face in this one!

I love this photo of Emma talking to him.

She said her tears were happy tears and sad tears.



Ahh, I'm so glad those days are behind us!

One week later this time around and we are all home together!
Tonight, as I write, Ryan and Emma are in his chair together and he is reading to her.

The other two are listening in while working on a puzzle together.

We're home.

We're together.
We're so blessed!

Update on Ryan

He is home from the hospital!  The girls are home to take care of him.  Michelle is staying at a cousin's house helping out with their kids while the parents are on vacation.  I know Ryan has been in some pain and has even taken pain medication.  This is quite different from the time of the accident as he didn't take any pain medication after the accident. 

~ Angie Peterson

Ryan's Out Of Surgery

I just got a call from Michelle and this is what we know.
~ Ryan was done at 5pm and he is doing well.
~ He lost a lot of blood.  That was expected and common for the area they were working on.
~ The doctor removed A LOT of the bone, about 90% of it with no damage done to the nerve, praise the Lord!!  The doctor thinks this is the most he's ever been able to remove. 
~ The doctor was able to get Ryan to bend at the hip 90 degrees!  He was able to get him to lay flat almost 100%.  Hip rotation does not seem to have as much success.  We were not given a percentage, the doctor just said he did not get what he hoped for.
~While in surgery Ryan's hip bone cracked so they had to put in another plate and screw.
~ He should be moved to a recovery room around 6pm and into a regular room later.
~ The radiologist will decide when and how much radiation to do.  It's usually 24-48 hours after the surgery.  It will either be one dose or broken to 2 small doses.  They will do radiation to kill bone growth and keep it from growing back. 

We praise God for giving the surgeon the ability to do his job.  We are thankful for the friends and family who have been praying for Ryan, the family and doctors today.  We continue to lift Ryan's healing before the Great Physician and trust His plan. 

ECARDS:  From what I am seeing, Hurley may no longer do ECards.  It could just be my laptop.  Here is the link to what I was able to find
http://hhs.hurleymc.com/?id=432&sid=1
When I click on a card, it takes me to a search page.  If you would like to try it for yourself, please do so.  It could also be a glich and it could be fixed by the time some of you try it.

~ Angie Peterson

Ryan is scheduled for surgery tomorrow in Flint at 1pm.

We have some friends there warming the place up for him!

Some dear friends of ours have had an emergency medical situation with one of their daughters and they were sent to Hurley last night. We are praising God that this sweet little girl is still with us! She is stable now but has some recovering to do. Please pray for them! I talked to my friend today and she said they just had to go get the place ready for Ryan...to warm it up for him! I think next time we'll just let Ryan tough it out in the cold!

Tomorrow they will be removing the abnormal bone growth in the hip area. He will be there for a few days.

We had a special time of prayer with our church family this morning, which was a great encouragement to us.

I will do my best to let you know how it goes as soon as I can!

Thank you for your prayers!