Ft. Knox

Hello everyone! Finally got around to some decent time on the computer to pump out an update to everyone. Saw some new people posting comments on the blogs Sarah wrote! Let me give a shout out to cousin Sarah in California... San diego is it? And another shout out to my buddy 'CarWax' from Brown College; You still in Game Design? Anyways, here I am, sittin' in Kentucky, where the weather changes daily - literally. One day it's sunny, the next it's raining, then cold, hot, raining again, sheesh!

Ok, back on track - 'The Foot'! I saw an Orthopedic doctor, one of those foot specialist types, and he looked at the x-rays that Ft. McCoy took once we got back. Basically, as Sarah wrote earlier, he was dumbfounded as to why my foot wasn't healed. He gave a few explainations for a 'possible' reason why. It wasn't because I was walking on it with that cast, but because they let me take it off at night and to let my foot breath. The Doc said I probably should have kept it on because when I took it off, the movement of my foot could've caused my tendons to pull on the broken peice and keep it from healing. The other explaination was that I probably have Osteopenia of the foot... which doesn't make sense to me. I've never had problems with my bones before, and I've had plenty of opporunities where my bones should have broken, and plenty of calcium throughout the years. (Sarah and Mom can attest to BOTH of those statements.)

I'm trying to track down, with the help of people from the unit I was deployed with, x-rays that were taken while I was still in Iraq. Hopefully these can help show the condition my foot was in right after the break, and when compared to the x-rays from McCoy, they can help the Doc figure out what might be going on down there. I'm going to be insisting tomorrow that they schedule me for a certain type of bone density scan so I can find out if I really, truly do have Osteopenia, or if the lack of healing is a result of something else. (Like being told I could take off my walking cast at night, or whatever.) I'm really hoping it's not Osteopenia, because Osteoporosis isn't far behind. I'd have to make some big adjustments to ensure it never goes that far. Needless to say, they put me in a hard cast, and now I'm using crutches for EVERYTHING! ARGH! I swear, my arms are going to look like 'the Hulk', or maybe even 'ARNOLD'!

Any-who, just counting down the days that I get to go home for a few days of leave, and the days of which I get my orders to come home for the finishing of all my health care! Hope everyone had a great weekend, and have a great week!

Peace, out.

HE'S HOME!...sorta

Hey everyone!

Well, as most, if not ALL of you know, Brandon is in the U.S. He is currently stationed at Fort Knox in Kentucky on medical hold while his foot is treated. On Friday, he was examined by an Orthopedic doctor, who told him that his foot SHOULD have healed in the walking cast he's been wearing for 7 weeks. However, due to some osteo...something long, his bones don't heal as quickly as they're supposed to. SO, they put him in a hard cast (its black, which he thinks is cool). He'll remain in that for four weeks. He should be coming home in about a week and a half for another short leave (about a week) and then back to do some other outprocesssing and stuff.

If all goes well and he's approved for a special program that he applied for (that would enable him to spend his rehab time at home), he could be back home for good end of the month or early June.

We had a wonderful, yet surreal four days at home before he had to return for further medical processing. He got to be a part of the huge welcome home ceremony in Litchfield, which was AWESOME.

We can hardly wait to get back to life together again. Thank you all for your prayers and support!

PS. That picture at the top if of Brandon and his little sister. Its one of my favorites from the day he came home. Isn't it ADORABLE?!?! They look so bright eyed and happy, which they ARE!