ANDY updates - via sherie

Andy had 2 follow up appointments today. Dr. Pietropaoli, the top Orthopedic/sports Medicine guy this side of Auburn, saw him for his collar bone (In all honesty, Dr. P. is the Sports Doc.for the Auburn Doubledays, Syracuse Chiefs, & Toronto Blue Jays baseball teams, so our guy is in great hands!) It was a clean break and appears to be aligning nicely. He may have a small bump on his right collar bone once it is completely healed. He will start Physical Therapy @ Victory Sports this week to help get his shoulder moving again. His shoulder is a nice shade of yellow with hues of purple and red! I might add that his bones look sexy even on xray!

Dr. Wormuth, the ER/Thoracic surgeon saw him again today for his ribs and lung. It appears our boy broke 4 ribs, not the measly 2 we mentioned earlier (that according to Andy, gets him 2 more days in the lazy boy recliner). His lung is fully re- expanded and there is no blood or fluid leakage! He survived and worked it out without the dreaded chest tube they initially threaten. Yeah for Andy and a good set of lungs.

Overall,
1.Andy worked all morning, but was visible tired and ready for more pain meds and a nap after his appointments.
2. He has cut back on the narcotics, as they were making his head “foggy” and is using mostly the advil and muscle relaxant. He also got a pain patch today to try out, thank you Dr. Nathan for that suggestion!
3. He is driving around town, so be careful if you see him!
4. He re-visited the site of the accident over the weekend, the soy field is still matted where we landed, and he was very lucky people saw him flying through the air because he could have been lost in that field of soybeans for awhile. His skin has never looked better from lying in the soybeans!
5. He just had a reflexology treatment with our Maria and he is looking relaxed.

Everyone have a martini for him cause he can’t drink with all these meds.

Sherie