Wednesday, August 6, 2008

9 p.m.

No news is good news! It was a very uneventful day, thank god. From what I hear, he broke a dialysis machine. (I’ll keep the jokes about the acidity of his urine to myself for the time being). Since he is progressing, the doctors plan to operate on Friday to put a plate in his pelvis and close up two of the three drainage incisions they made on Tuesday morning. Go Bro.
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3 comments:

Unknown said...

Awesome news!!!

August 6, 2008 at 9:33 PM
Anonymous said...

No news is good new, but also scarey on this end not knowing. Thank you for the updates Traci! Go Terry Go!
Can't wait to see you Buddy!

HeeHee

:)

Kooz

August 6, 2008 at 9:34 PM
Anonymous said...

Way to go Terry!!!

Mentz

August 6, 2008 at 10:09 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.