IF you hate blood and guts, just go ahead and close up today's blog post. It gets pretty nasty.
Dr. Briggs just arrived back here in Tsiko about a week ago from his year in the USA. He went into the OR with Ethan to take video footage and photos of the operation. He kindly shared these with us.
So here we go...
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The drill bit kinda thing is going in his knee to drill out the bone.
The doc on the right is holding the bone with pliers. |
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| The knee is open! |
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| Choosing the rod size. |
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| Putting the rod in. |
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| The Sign Nail contraption before it goes in. |
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| The Sign Nail contraption is in! |
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| Here he is being worked on. |
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Poor Todd was working like a beast to get this done AND fighting
malaria symptoms too. |
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| The incision to get to the bone. |
So there ya go. The video footage is pretty interesting and rather frightening, actually. Orthopaedic surgery is pretty aggressive stuff. But again, we are so so grateful that these men were able to help Ethan! And I know he's getting better - how do I know that, you ask? Today after I took him some breakfast he said this to me:
"And Mom, for lunch I'd like a sandwich with meat, lettuce, tomato, mustard, and bbq sauce. Oh, do you have onions? Then I'd like onions too."
I have never been happier to make that boy a sandwich.
