Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Good evening.

Today was a long day. David had his orthodontist appointment at 8am. His teeth look great, and the orthodontist is pleased with his progress.

Then we left for San Francisco around 9:30am, and we got home around 10:00pm. We found out what the problem is. Are you sitting down? If not, please do. This might be a long post. Ready?
Ok, here goes. As we feared, the knee is broken. Dr. O had David lay on the table, then he was holding David's leg down at the thigh, and he could rotate David's lower leg so his foot is rotated 90 degrees!! He said, "That isn't supposed to happen." It looked very bizarre to see his upper leg facing up, and his toes facing the wall!! There was no rotation from the hip, it was all the knee; which is what led him to the conclusion that the knee is broken. The xray looked ok, so he was very surprised that the knee is broken. He also said something very surprising.....NOT! He said, "I have never seen this before." Really? Wow, that shocks me!! Not really. We are really tired of hearing that sentence! David is our curve-ball thrower; but still! Why does all the 'never seen this before' have to pertain to David? So, the way to 'fix' this problem is to put him through a revision. He will be having another expandable implant put in. He will have another revision in a year or two to put in a non-expandable implant. Yes, he will have the whole thing redone~~not just the knee. It is all one unit. The tentative date we have is October 26th, but it could be as early as October 19; or as late as November 9th; it all depends on how soon Biomet can get the custom-made prosthesis made. And the other factor we are looking at is the financial aspect of it. We can't stay at the Family House because David isn't in 'active treatment' at this point. So we will have to stay in a hotel~~~only one person can stay with David. We don't know where the money for that is going to come from, but we can't worry about that. We are more concerned with David going through his 10th surgery in two years! He is NOT looking forward to it, of course. But, the trooper that he is, he will deal with it. The one positive thing is he isn't undergoing chemo, so he should heal faster this time. And we know that the dilaudid works really good for pain control. Please pray for David in these next few weeks as he prepares himself, emotionally, for another major surgery. Also, please pray for our finances, that we will be able to somehow afford a week of staying in a hotel. Yes, David will be in the hospital for a week. Thank you for your prayers up to this point; please keep them coming!!

I am tired, so I want to go to bed. Thank you for checking in on David and the Koury Klan. Please keep praying for us. God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan