happiness is...

home owner

I closed on my house today! WOOHOO! I take possession on Sunday. Lots of packing and errands to do tomorrow!

x-ray

Craig picked up his records from the hospital today. It is a good thing I am not a radiologist. I pointed out the 2 most obvious breaks for you, but if I can see them I am sure you can, too. This x-ray is looking from the back so left is left and right is right. He broke ribs 4,5,6 and 7 on the left side and 5,6 and 7 on the right. 

more progress

Craig is still improving. He had a scare this morning when his doctor called him this morning and asked him to get an x-ray right away. When he went to the doctor yesterday they saw fluid build up in his body cavity. The doc wanted to look at it today to se if it had gotten better - or worse. If it was worse, Craig was supposed to go immediately to the ER fro surgery. Thankfully, it was better. The doc put him on different meds yesterday and they don't make him a zombie like to vicodin and valium combo he was on. Because the pain is under control with the new drugs and he isn't a zombie he was able to get out of the house today. He had a bit of cabin fever so he was dying to do anything. Here is the latest photo. You can see that is looks much better.

fall leaves

A quick shot of the fall leaves before they all fall off the trees.

Craig is on the mend. He is still in a lot of pain, and all the pills are giving him an upset stomach, but he is improving. I will try to take pictures of his chest so you can see the progress.

craig is home

They let Craig out of the hospital this morning. I think they were sick of him. Once they decided he could go they practically drug him out the door. Here is what the damage looks like today. It is starting to turn yellow. It should be really ugly in a few days.

Here is a better picture of Craig in the trauma room - one not taken on my iPhone.

Time to stop the drugs

I think they are going to his head

Improvement

Craig is doing well. He is determined to go home today.

another update

for those of you asking, he is at Denver Health on Bannock

i haven't seen him today - i take over at 1:00 - but Tammy says his lungs still look good and that they have stopped the epidurals to see if he can tolerate the pain

more to come as i know it

Trauma update

Craig is in intensive care-normal for the extent of his injuries. They gave him am epidural so the pain is gone for now. He has 7 broken ribs. They won't know the extent of the internal damage until tomorrow. He will be in the hospital for several days. He is very very very lucky he is alive. If he had not caught himself on the way down he would most likely not survived the fall. His pocket angel and God must have been looking out for him today.

Trauma

Craig had an accident at work. We don't know anything yet.