Sunday, August 17, 2008

8pm Sunday

Another good day for Terry. His fever is down, and he had a very restful night. When I visited him today, he recounted his phone call to the track and how he heard everyone yell to him. He really liked that. He is just counting the time until he can get out of ICU and resume rehab in his own home. He even said he was bored and just wanted to get out! I am taking that as a good sign...he is beginning to recover. He tires very easily still, but that is to be expected. Surgery tomorrow to close the amputation site and a final look at the healing of the right leg. If all goes well, we hope that his right leg faciotomies can be "closed", pinned and casted soon. thank you to everyone at the Runn who called out to him...I am sure it made his day.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Go Terry Go!!!!

:)

HeeHee

Kooz!

August 17, 2008 at 9:43 PM
ken said...

thanks for the updates ...ken

August 17, 2008 at 10:01 PM

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What Happened?

On Saturday, August 2, at approximately 11:30 a.m. Terry McDowell was involved in a head-on collision on Ormond Road in White Lake Township, MI.

An unknown young-adult fell asleep at the wheel, crossed over into the opposite lane, and struck Terry's van head-on. Police are still investigating.

Paramedics rushed Terry via helicopter to Beaumont Medical Center's Trauma Unit. He is in stable, but critical, condition and is currently in the Intensive Care Unit.

From what we know, there is no damage to the spinal cord or brain. He will undergo more X-rays and scans today to determine if there are further injuries. His injuries, as of Sunday, Aug 3 at 10:00 a.m. include:
> Broken right femur
> A compound fracture in his left femur
> A broken tibia
> A shattered ankle
> Slight cut to his liver
> Dissected aorta
> Fractured pelvis
> Unknown back injury
> Three broken ribs

Terry underwent 11 hours of surgery on Saturday evening. The first surgery was cardiac surgery to repair the damage to his torn, or dissected, aorta. They performed non-invasive heart surgery and used a stent to repair the aorta. The surgery was completed without complications.

The second surgery was orthopedic surgery to repair his broken bones. He came out of surgery strong, but remains in critical condition due to the complications that could arise from heart surgery and a compound fracture of the Femur.

He is expected to remain in the ICU for at least 48 hours.