Saturday morning I left my house at 4:55am headed to The
Manitou Incline. The sun was poking up
over the eastern horizon and a low hanging fog engulfed much of Colorado
Springs. By the time I got to Manitou,
the sun was shining on the mountain and the fog had lifted. The best word to describe the entire drive is
“majestic”.
I do this drive a fair amount, and every time my eyes get
moist. This particular Saturday, I
wept. Two weeks ago, my dear friends
lost their 15 month old grandchild. For
10 years I’ve written about navigating the circumstances of life, all the while
hoping nobody would ever say to me, “yeah, but you’ve never lost a child.” I should have known this day would come. I have no answers. I have no advice. If you need another hug, I’m here for you.
………
I see it’s been over 4 years since my last post. Jo’s health has been essentially perfect. She really runs around in life just like you
or me as if nothing ever happened. Well,
this week it’s time to turn back time.
Jo is at the airport right now picking up Meema, which Anna is very
excited about! Before we get to the
details, let’s take a look at the game film…
If you look closely, the cadaver bone that Jo had put in her
shoulder EIGHT years ago is coming loose and breaking apart. You can see the screw has sunk down into the
shoulder and isn’t even touching the cadaver bone anymore. As our little niece said when she was about 5
years old, “I’ve got another broken arm.”
Tomorrow, Jo will have a partial shoulder replacement. Or as the medical folk like to say…”LEFT
shoulder open debridgement, biopsies/cultures with pyrocarbon humeral head
hemiarthroplasty. Possible long head
biceps tenodesis, labral repair, total shoulder replacement, biceps tenodesis,
cadaver tissue use, bone grafting, and/or distal clavicle excision if required.”
This is Jo’s 9th joint surgery. Bonus points go out to anybody that can
identify the most likely place an adult today could hear the phrase “Engine, Engine #9”. (The answer has
nothing to do with children.)
4 comments:
Sorry to hear about Jo's shoulder, I hope the repair goes well. Isn't the Engine #9 reference from an old country song?
Jo is one of those people who will never quit or give up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiHDdVa25N0
Sending prayers for a smooth surgery and recovery - to a wonderful, courageous, generous lady and her family. :-)
Sending Jo and her family our love. She is in our thoughts and prayers. She is such a wonderful, graceful, passionate lady. Her manner inspires so many people. We are lucky to have her in our lives. Hope she recovers quickly post op. P.s. Was that not Love Potion No 9. lol! Xx
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