Psychotomy

So, I realized I haven’t been near this blog in months, and then I realized that I had posted about DK’s accident.

He had no complications, so surgery was quick to schedule and they could spend their time on the reconstruction rather than emergency patches.  Took most of a day in surgery, but they repaired everything in one bout.  No plates or pins, they used “absorbable” fake-bone stuff that melts into the actual bone structure over time.  Scar from surgery is well inside his hairline.  he’ll never be good rockin’ the bald look, but now his hair has grown back there’s nothing to see!

A week in ICU after surgery, a week in the recovery less-than-ICU ward, then three weeks transferred to the rehab hospital to rebuild his strength to walking and his motor movements and everything.

He’s been continuing with rehab outpatient since then, but seems to be doing largely OK now.  Impulsive.  Lack of understanding of personal boundaries.  Hyper.  Prone to hard emotional dives when he’s gettign tired and denied something.  Or just when he’s getting tired, really.  I should probably mention that at the next followup.  It seems like a perfectly reasonable aftereffect, but they should probably be informed.

Everyone’s settling back into routines.  His siblings are overjoyed at having him home.  Bear and Pi both missed having a big brother around.

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