After over eight years of chasing open ulcers on Mike’s remaining leg, he has finally been discharged from wound care and home health! His leg will never be “normal” but the discoloration on it currently no longer shows the angry red and purple color that had so many concerned for years. It is still red but his swelling is under control and his new skin is coming in over old wounds! He does still bleed when he takes a shower. Even using the gentle button on the shower massager can cause his leg to bleed, but it is old, dry skin that is peeling off and underneath, there is new skin showing.
They are working on making him a new prosthetic. medicare requires one to jump through multiple hoops and paperwork to get this process going once again- plus we encountered the company working with us building this leg, undergoing their own personal upheavals, finally selling out and being taken over by another company who then bowed out and re-sold the whole thing- so who knows when his leg will be ready. But for now, his leg is doing well and I am sure if he could, he would be doing a happy dance!
On a private note something in my computer has caused all my emails to vanish so if you are privately sending me messages, forgive me if I do not answer. I am in the process of trying to get this fixed.
What a wonderful development! This must have the two of you so very pleased. Though the trouble you are experiencing over Mike’s prosthetic is frustrating, you probably consider it the lesser of the problems. Is the state of Mike’s leg due to the new home-care workers who came to see him? If so, they must have known their work, as they hadn’t been coming for long, have they? What very good news.
As an aside, I was going to send you an email this very evening, then I read this. I will wait to email you for now. There seem to be many troubles, some minor, some major, with computers, the internet, etc., these days. I have had some and most people I have talked to have. Yet another reason I dislike computers.
Good leg news! At my occupational therapy session today, I opined about the time of healing being longer than I’d thought, but was assured that I’m on track, and that every little exercise really makes a difference. Having someone in my corner certainly helps.