Jesse came home today! I (Jesse's dad) went in to Elks rehab to pick him up just before 9:30am. We had to take care of the discharge stuff, get his belongings, and then get over to the orthopaedic surgeons office by 10:30am. It had been two weeks since Jesse's heel surgery and it was time to take x-rays and remove the stitches.
Boy, Jesse has another railroad track of a scar. This one runs along his foot and then up the side of the heel. The x-rays show that the heel is heeling well and so is the his femur. (I'll comment here that the amount of titanium in Jesse is most impressive.) The difficulty may be in Jesse's elbow. Brain injury patients create lots of bone around injuries and that is happening in the elbow. This extra new bone seems to be limiting Jesse's range of motion in his arm. Only time will tell how the arm ends up.
Jesse's speech therapist tells us that he continues to make really good progress. She will continue to work with him and test him.
The goal of the inpatient rehab was to get Jesse well enough to come home. Now, the goal of his rehab is get him as funtional as possible...with the end goal of him returning to school.
We rejoice and give all praise and honor and glory to our Lord Jesus. He didn't have to let Jesse survive the accident, but he did. One prayer that Jesse is asking God is why, what plan or purpose does He have for him. God will answer that prayer.
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