Hello everyone!  

Just wanted to send a quick update!  Surgery went according to plan yesterday.  Actually better than planned (I think).

The surgery was supposed to be a few hours but the surgeon came out after only about 2 hours and said he was all done!

He said that he decided not to remove any of the previously diseased bone to reconstruct with the bone cement because it was more solid and stronger than he thought so he just reinforced with the plate and screws right above the knee.  He ended up putting in another second plate and screws higher up mid-femur for more support and strength.

Cully was doing great yesterday.  The doc said they injected the surgery sights with a local anesthetic (similar to Novocain basically) so he said he should feel pretty numb and he was feeling like this is no problem.  We were worried that once that wore off he would be hurting and he is today.  He has a really high pain tolerance after everything he's been through so if he's hurting then he's really hurting.

Cully has always been a good "patient" but he's a teenager now so it's been a little tough because mom and dad are mom and dad and annoying and questions are annoying so we're met with some resistance even asking "How's the pain? What number is the pain?".  That makes it a little tough to get a real read on the pain level to get it under control.   I get it though.  He's been through a lot and I think there is some disappointment after feeling so great yesterday when he woke up today feeling stiff and sore! 

Thank everyone for thinking of us and reaching out!  The doc said that it would be a quick recovery so I think we just need to get through these next couple of days!