Dad's Surgery

First of all- thank you all for praying for my dad. Surgery was successful and he is home resting. The Dr said it all went well. Here's what they did:
shortened 2 of his toes
fused the front of the bones in his foot
In the back of his leg- lengthened the heel cord.
The Dr came out and showed us the xrays of what they did- He has at least 15 screws in his foot and leg!
He's in a cast up to his knee and the Dr says the recovery is 2-3 months. Dad isn't one to sit for long so hopefully he'll be in the 2 month range.

While we were waiting for him to go into surgery, Mari said- you should take a picture of his toes and blog it- so her wish is my command:



Take note of how crooked his toe is- this is frightening to me, because I have a "hammer toe" already. So I'm hoping this next picture isn't in my future.


I'm glad it's done and now the healing can begin. Hopefully in the coming months he will be able to walk without pain.

Surgery

I have a favor to ask. Tomorrow my dad is having surgery on his foot. They are going to be rebuilding part of his foot because he has bone rubbing on bone which is very painful. This will be about a 2 1/2 hr surgery and then he has to be completely off his feet for 2 weeks and total recovery is 2 months.
It's not necessarily a risky surgery, but my dad is 77 and surgery can be risky at that age.
Please pray for a successful surgery and also for healing without difficulties and patience for his wife Ann. This is going to be a long haul and we're so thankful that she is there with him.