Home at Last

It's never felt so good to be home!!!

Over the past few days there were concerns of potential for seizures and that he possibly had a spinal cord injury. That really freaked me the hell out!! Go figure, there were none!! He had been throughly checked out by department heads of 3 different areas:, orthopedics, neurology and Neurosurgery. Each had come to the conclusion that surgery wasn't necessary *now* and to give his body time to heal.

The nerve in his neck is compressed from the impact and, we learned, some degeneritive disc disease which is causing the extreme pain in his arm. The surgeon felt it has a good chance of healing on its own and didn't warrant emergent surgery. You have to appreciate a surgeon in a teaching hospital that isn't pushing for surgery. His opinion was that Chip's arm DID have function, it wasn't really "dead", it had just been through trauma. The surgeon felt the nerve in his neck had been pulled, stretched from the spinal cord and needed time to heal. He encouraged Chip to use his arm, push it,"use it or lose it"!! He was a great doctor and was very reassuring.

After confirming his brain functioned normally, the assumption was merely that his delusional state was due to extreme pain without meds, lack of sleep and not enough food or water. The nurses said pain alone will make you loopy. You could watch him coming back as the days progressed. The pain was still there but he was "normal". He could answer basic questions and walk on his own. There was progress.

So after ALL the tests, exams and assessments we got discharge orders! We are going home. Yay!!! Chip was SO happy to be home.

There were so many great people at that hospital whose care and attention were so incredibly wonderful. There were also others that were the Christina of Grey's Anatomy....we won't go there.

Madi came home from my mom's and was thrilled to have her daddy hoe and BE home. Finally, they are all under one roof. My family is complete. It's time to crash.

Cheers to all. Thanks for all the love and support ;)