July! It will be scootin time

Yes, I will finally take the Team Oregon class to get comfortable riding my scooter. Not to worry, Bill has put a couple hundred miles on it. It really has been a handy item for getting around. I can't wait until I feel more confident riding it. Who knew it would be that hard of a transition for me!

William leaves for vacation Saturday. Been a tough week making him hunker down and get the final stuff turned in. Edline gives me fits because the grades bounce around so much. I'm never quite sure what has been turned in and what hasn't. William will be meeting up with Uncle Tim and Ben in Denver, CO and off they go. He returns on the 19th and will have Youth Symphony starting the next week and then golf starting in August! As always, his schedule fills up quickly!

Bill's leg is mending - he is back up and moving and about 3/4 speed. His leg swells by the end of the day and then he has to get off it. Doctor has deemed him "much better" and his leg should be looking better by this time next month (still have discoloration in back and front of leg). At least the big bump in the shin is gone and the redness has gone away.

I have been busy running here and there - looking forward to catchin up on some things in the upcoming months. We will see if that happens!

Slowly Going Away . . .

The original cuts happened the afternoon of April 2nd. We are now at 1 month and 10 days (but who is counting!). Bill was released to move around in normal capacity on May 4th. He spent a few days getting around, climbing the stairs and gathering his strength. He is back in the main house now that he can maneuver the stairs again.

It is getting better. The darker skin is like a tan and that skin is slowly peeling off and under it is newer white/pink skin. One of the cuts has healed and the other two are close.

Although this still looks crazy it is slowly vanishing and really has not been the worst of the pain for Bill (that was the top of the shin). I equate this to a big blood blister, it just has to work its way out of the skin.

Everyone will be glad when this heals and they no longer are looking at Bill's healing leg. It really is better every day and we are very thankful to Dr. Park who was aggressive with the antibiotic treatments in the hospital. We feel that he surely saved Bill's lower leg.

Crazy Busy

Well, Bill is recovering and able to get around. He is moving himself back into the house as he can do the stairs now. I haven't had a chance to take an updated picture but will try to do that this evening.

I have been a bit crazy with work and all. William and I just finished an 8 week CERT - community emergency response team class and had a drill on Saturday. William will probably continue on and join the CERT team. I am satisfied with the information I have and feel we are prepared to deal with future emergencies like the 2007 Storm. We had 36 students from the job corps center volunteer to be victims in the drill. It was very nerve wracking going into the building, figuring out what each person had wrong, directing people and figuring out who was priority and who could wait. The students did a great job and seemed to have a good time.

Right after the drill, Will and I hopped in the car and drove to Naselle, WA for his double header. Another parent brought him home as I needed to drive back and work, at my old job. Since I was in Utah April 28 - May 1st, I wasn't able to put in the prior weekend assisting with month end and everything was needing to be done on the financial statements. The new finance manager started today. So as soon as we can get her trained and up-to-speed, I can quit putting in the extra hours on the weekend. I was keeping up at my new job until all the craziness happened. Now I just feel behind everywhere! I keep telling myself the up-side is Bill, William and I are going to see Elton John and Billy Joel in November and the extra hours made that possible!

You've Come a Long Way, Baby!

Well, it has been 23 days since the initial cut to the shin, 17 days since the initial visit to urgent care, and 8 days since release from hospital. The last posted picture was 7 days ago and you can see a very marked improvement in Bill's leg. He has been very good about staying down and keeping his leg up! This is the front view and the three marks in the center were the cause of it all - that is the cuts from the motorcycle.

Side view, you can see the swelling on the chin which is still about a 4 inch circle.

This is the back of Bill's leg. Much better! Overall, the leg is still a little swollen but nothing like it was previously.

So, another round of 2 antibiotics (oral) and antibiotic creams, 2 times a day. Back to the doctor on May 4th!

Eeewwwww!

Although this looks bad - it really is much better than it was a week ago. Bill came home after 6 days in the hospital, Friday night. This is a form of streptacaccus (hemo something - meaning blood) Haven't been able to find the exact diagnosis information on the internet yet but I'm just glad it is healing. The initial infection was through 3 small scrapes on his shin, the worst part is what you can see in the photo. You can see the pen marks on his leg where the infection expanded each time we went to urgent care. So almost 2 weeks later, this is what Bill is dealing with. Yech! We are still gloving up to do wound care. Bill has two more weeks in bed with his leg up, no driving and no stairs! He is really looking forward to it - NOT.

Hope everyone had a great Easter and is happy and healthy!

Susan