Day 6

Day 6: Friday

Roger was moved out of ICU early early this morning and into the Neurology unit. He was then woken up early in the morning to have his chest tubes taken out. He was not happy about that since he said the doctor "ripped" them out. Poor guy! I think he did have some relief though for having them out finally!

In the afternoon, physical therapy came to work with him. They put his "turtle shell" on and got him to a sitting position on the side of the bed. He did really really well for the first time in almost a week of being in that position.

The doctor also came in to talk to us to see if another surgery was in the near future. Here's the deal... Roger will have to wear that "turtle shell" for 3 months. We all know Roger and all know that he would start feeling better and probably not wear it any longer. So we were contemplating another surgery called a posterior fusion. This surgery would put 2 more rods and 4 more screws into his spine to stabilize the area he broke. This would also allow him to not have to wear the "turtle shell" ever again. Roger agreed to the surgery and it was soon scheduled for tomorrow at 1pm.