Well, TJ's surgery was Wednesday morning, and it went well. He was back there in the OR for about 5 hours, then in the post-op recovery room for almost another hour before we got to see him - because of the scary reaction he had last time, the doc decided to keep him in the hospital overnight (23 hour stay) as a safety precaution. He (the doc) thinks that TJ developed blood clots in his liver, which is most likely why he gave us such a scare before - as a preventative, just after surgery and after the tourniquette was taken off, they started him on an anticoagulant medication to help prevent any clots from forming where they should not.
One thing for continued prayer is that during the surgery, the doc did find an area on TJ's foot that had dead bone tissue. It isn't in an area where he's even had surgery, and to the best of both of our recollections, he's never had an injury there... it wasn't there with his last surgery in February, and it's got the doc baffled. He removed all the dead tissue and sent it to pathology for testing (though he did assure me that he's pretty sure it isn't anything scary - it's more of a precautionary measure, which I appreciate!) We should get the pathology findings next week at TJ's post-op appointment when he gets his soft cast off and his first hard cast (for this time around) on.
He was released yesterday early afternoon and we brought him home and settled him in for some rest.
His pain is managed with a prescription, but he's really doing surprisingly well with it (considering his experience last time around as a comparison) -
We are so thankful for the prayers of so many friends and family who have been with us through everything we're dealing with at present - thank you for your prayers specifically for TJ and his surgery!
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