I wanted to communicate a quick update on Benjamin's recent surgery. Since his fall and previous surgeries, he's recovered and has long been back at work, experiencing a nice recovery. In seeing an orthopedic surgeon following several months of recovery, it was recommended that he have one additional surgery on his right foot.
Since the accident, the toes on Benjamin's right foot curl up tight. He cannot straighten them out. This contributes to pain as he's always walking on his toes and that causes a limp. He works as an electrical engineer in a refinery, so he has to wear steel toed boots and this intensifies the pain. The goal of this surgery is to reduce the limp and lessen the pain.
The surgeon went in under his foot and released some tendons, went in under his toes and worked on the capsules and this straightened them out. His big toe was curled in an excessive fashion. The tendons were cut and lengthened and using screws, the big toe was straightened out as well.
The doctor feels that the surgery was a success and scheduled a follow-up visit in two weeks. Benjamin has moved back in with us as he has some limitations in the short term. He cannot put any weight at all on his foot for six weeks. He cannot drive for 3 months. He'll also need to go back to rehab. We took his walker out of storage, and he was using that until today, when his buddy brought him a pair of crutches.
Amazingly, he's not experiencing much pain and is in great spirits. We're praising God for his Goodness throughout this whole ordeal. We look forward to Benjamin's continued healing.
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