Dave finally returned to his room at about 7 PM last night. He said he woke up in the recovery room and felt immediate relief from the horrifying pain. His first words were "I can move again!" That of course, after he wiggled his toes and looked to make sure his leg was still there.
His arm looked worse than his leg (which at a glance looked to have a couple of incisions, but not immobilized yet), with huge amount of gauze wrapped all around it. They have to hang his from the IV pole to keep the swelling down, but that drives his carpel tunnel crazy and his arm goes numb. When I left last night, he was having a discussion with the nurse about what to do with it. It was amazing that he was that awake.
No news about recovery time yet. I'm sure I will have more news later today when the doctor comes in.
Our heartfelt thanks to everyone once again!!!!!!
Footnote: After experiencing it for the first time, Dave now believes that during Rage races, the crew should be catheterized to alleviate embarrassing moments. Now THAT's relief!!
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