Please Pray for Shelly

Shelly had a big adventure out of the nursing home to go see her bone doctor. For the good news, she handled the transportation well and the visit. That is encouraging toward her goal to travel over to see Bruce. However, she had a rough time getting on and off the x-ray table with some aids having to lift her manually. To everyone's amazement, the orthopedic surgeons have their own x-ray equipment, but do not own a lift to help get people out of wheelchairs. Go figure.
But the worst part was probably the news she got. As you may remember from my earlier discriptions of Shelly's injuries the possibility of her needing her right foot amputated because of the ankle injuries was very remote. The doctor now believes it has moved up the list of possibilities. Without getting graphic, Shelly's foot bent and split in ways that really required lots of things in the ankle area to stretch and tear horribly. The problem with injuries like that is getting the blood flow restored after all that damage. The veins and arteries in your foot are pretty vulnerable and don't always repair well. Shelly does not have any infection, which is great, but the blood flow needs to get better or the whole foot is in trouble. So we need to focus our Shelly prayers on getting that blood pumping through her foot - which means her veins and arteries down there need to heal. No one is saying loosing the foot is certain, or even likely. It's just a lot more possible than we thought and that is enough reason to start praying. Blood to the foot, blood to the talus bone, full recovery. That's the goal.