Discharged

As I mentioned, Zack was discharged from the hospital on Thursday, less than 24 hours post-op.

Prior to being discharged on Thursday Zack had to complete a course in using his crutches without putting any weight what-so-ever on his right leg. He will need to do this for the next 8 weeks.

Yep, absolutely no weight on his right leg for 8 weeks.

That’s rough.

Zack also got his wheelchair on Thursday which will be his main mode of transportation around the house and anywhere else he needs to go.
He likes it!

After he was discharged, we made a quick stop and grabbed a shower chair for him from a local business that was kind enough to lend us one until he is all better.

From there, we got him all settled in over at my parent’s house for the next week. We decided to move him there for the first week because their home has more space for him to move about on the lower level, it’s quiet and well….it keeps him away from Alexander so he can rest. the Alex got him all setup with the XBOX360 over there, a stack of games, and Netflix.

My sister and her kids brought him a cute basket of cookies.

My mom also hooked him up with a nice supply of magazines, soda, cookies and more.
So far, he’s been doing very well.
He hasn’t needed the pain meds much and is getting around pretty good.
For the most part, he’s doing well taking care of himself and doesn’t require assistance for much.
One struggle he is having is that he is bored.
Even with everything he has setup for him, it’s not enough for a kid who is usually very active.

He will be making the return to school on the 28th and we are hoping by then he is well rested and healing because he will need to be in his wheelchair the entire school day and push himself around the building get to and from each class.

Zack will need to see Dr. S. next week for a follow up but other than that, we have a long road ahead of us and look forward to having him back home soon and back to himself down the road.