Prayers needed...

kateykakes · 03-20-06, 05:53 AM

I've been up all night, sick as a dog. No sleep because I'm sick with worry.

My son is going in for surgery at 9:30 this morning and I can't help but be nervous.

He's got a severe scaphoid fracture of the wrist, which orginally showed as a sprain a few months ago. He has reinjured it numerous times at his hockey games and the bone has now started to deteriorate, which has left a hole that will need to be filled.

The doc will go into my son's hip and take some bone and graft it into his hand before placing either a pin or screw to keep everything in place.

If you have a minute, please say a prayer for Mikey that everything goes ok. I know that's all I've been doing...

Thanks.

Kate

Cheech · 03-20-06, 05:58 AM

Absolutely. Prayer sent. Tell your kid not to worry!! And tell him you will laugh at the funny stuff he will say when he wakes up!! When I had surgery 5 months ago , I woke up and thought I was in a severe car accident, I kept asking everyone how my car was and how the other people were!! Then I said I thought I owned a taco bell!!
Your son will be ok!! God bless!

**jmur5074** · 03-20-06, 06:45 AM

Prayer sent

**cajunguy** · 03-20-06, 07:20 AM

Prayer enroute.

Hang in there, Mom.

**chris2001** · 03-20-06, 07:29 AM

Prayer on its way as soon as I get off work and head to sleep. Things will be ok, we are here if you need to talk.

**Terminator** · 03-20-06, 08:00 AM

Prayer sent KateyKakes.

**Roses** · 03-20-06, 08:30 AM

Keeping your son in my prayers, Katey.

Wishing him a speedy recovery.

Cris1102 · 03-20-06, 08:37 AM

Prayer sent for you and your son.

Indy · 03-20-06, 08:59 AM

Best wishes to the both of you, I'm sure everything will turn out just fine.

FishTail · 03-20-06, 09:38 AM

Here's to a swift recovery.

**Virginian** · 03-20-06, 11:07 AM

Don't worry Katey, everything will be fine! You're both in my thoughts.

**besafe2** · 03-20-06, 03:26 PM

Katy:
Prayer has been sent that your son is fine & I'm sure he will be also. God is good.
Please check in & let us know when you can

**Andrewtx** · 03-20-06, 03:54 PM

Best wishes to you both Katey, keep us updated! He'll do great.

**MissConduct** · 03-20-06, 04:35 PM

Sending lots of prayers and wishful thoughts your way... God Bless to you and your son

kateykakes · 03-20-06, 04:59 PM

Thank you all so much for the prayers and good thoughts.

Mikey is doing fine - groggy, but ok. Other than being queasy from the anesthesia, he's ok. He was flirting with the nurses the entire time, even as they were taking him back to the O/R.

He definitely was braver than I was. As soon as they wheeled him through the doors, the tears started to roll.

Hours and hours later, the doc came out and said the surgery was a huge success. The graft went went well and the pin is in place. He'll wear a 1/2 cast for one week, then he'll get a full cast which will stay on for 6 weeks.

Again, thanks so much for your prayers. He's napping, and I think I should do the same.

Indy · 03-20-06, 05:59 PM

Hey that's great to hear!

**chris2001** · 03-20-06, 06:40 PM

Awesome. yeah when I had knee surgery in 01 thats what my mom remembered to was the flirting I was doing with the nurses. Hey it kept me thinking about good stuff instead of getting sliced open.

**Roses** · 03-20-06, 08:21 PM

I'll continue to keep your son in my prayers that he'll have a smooth recovery. I'm glad to hear the surgery was a success and Ii'm sure he is thrilled that he'll have the cast off before summer. Seven weeks is not to bad but it's long enough.

**lcsodre108** · 03-21-06, 12:21 AM

I am glad everything went ok, I had surgery on january 19th for a severly broken ankle, i now have 8 screws and a plate in my left ankle, so I have an idea of what he is going through.