May 23, 2011-Third surgery report

Scott had a really good night last night. He slept well.

He went into his third surgery this morning at 7:30. At 9:20 the surgeon came to talk to us. He said that overall Scott is doing well. He handled the surgery without any difficulty. He felt like overall the wound looks "clean" but he did have two concerns.

The first concern was that Scott's wound/leg looked a little red. The Doctor thought this may be a reaction to the antibiotics or infection. Because of the possibility of it being infection, he extended an incision higher into Scott's thigh to ensure that he didn't see infected tissue. After doing that he did not believe there was any more infection in his leg.

Please pray that Scott does not have any more infection in his leg and the redness resolves.

The second concern was that Scott's WBC (White Blood Cells) was elevated yesterday. The doctor did not know what his results from today were, yet. I haven't been in the room yet to ask his nurse, either. :) An increased WBC can mean there is still some lingering infection or it could be related to the multiple surgeries/healing process. Again, we hope and pray that it is the later.

Despite all this, the doctor still felt like Wednesday could be the day when Scott had his fourth (and hopefully final) surgery. This will be another "big" surgery where they will finish the amputation and start the process of closing his wound. He needs to be infection free for this to be able to happen.

Scott is back in his room after his surgery, but we haven't been able to see him yet. I'll update again soon.