Wednesday, August 20, 2008

If you scrub...you can come:-)

The hospital OK'ed visitation. Visiting hours are from 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Terry mentioned that it would be nice to have some visitors, too. However, if it gets to be too many they may start limiting it. I will be there today around lunch and get his new phone number and post it here. That way, you can call him before coming over if you prefer. Check the right side of the page for his room number, tower, floor, etc. He still has open wounds in his legs until Friday and can get an infection, but doctors say it is OK so long as visitors scrub up when they enter the room.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

AWESOME! I gotta little somethin, somethin in the works and will be bringing it up shortly for Terry!

Can't wait to see you BUD!

Hopefully I can get a little HeeHee out of ya! ;)

Kooz!

August 20, 2008 at 2:36 PM
Mid-Michigan Dirt Diggerz said...

I am so glad to hear your doing better buddy. I have Been gone all week and there wasn't a day that went by that I didn't think of ya bud. I was so glad to hear the good news when I got home. I will try to get down there and see you sometime next week. Take care and keep the fight going!!!

John & Shelley & Family

August 21, 2008 at 8:18 AM
Anonymous said...

Im glad to hear that your out of icu, I hated it. Bet you never thought solid food would sound so good. Im not going to be able to come up as Im fighting a pulmonary infection right now and will not risk it. Take care and get better.
John Stebelton

August 21, 2008 at 4:21 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.