Post Surgery

Terry's surgery went well. His left leg was amputated at the knee, and will be able to be closed without a skin graft. . The closure will be done on Monday in another surgery. And the best news: the infection in Terry's right leg was only a wound abcess that was taken out, and the only muscle loss found was in the muscle that operated the big toe; that muscle was removed. If no further infection or damage is found, the fasciotomies pn the right leg will be closed on Friday. Some blood clots were found in the amputated leg, so a preventative screen may be inserted in his abdomen to prevent 'travel' of any additional clots. The Right ankle is still not healed well enough to repair the tibia and fibula, so that will have to be done later. It is also believed that the infection in amputated leg was the source of the high fever. If his fever is gone post surgery, then we have passed another BIG hurdle. Terry is still heavily sedated and sound asleep via medication, and will stay on a ventilator until he is breathing a little better on his own, which is estimated to be sometime Saturday morning. Because of the acute danger of infection with the open fasciotomies and until he stabalizes, we ask that visitation be restricted to immediate family.