2nd hand surgery

     Back in June, Jarrad had his first carpel tunnel surgery.  This past Monday he had his other wrist fixed.  Thank you Dr. Mithani!  He is doing great.  Much better than last time.  I put it down to the fact that he has really been working on strengthening his wrist so recovery is much better.  We are still taking it easy but he says it feels even better than the right one!  You can see what the scars look like.  I am amazed by this surgeon (and I feel like -between the 2 of us, we have had enough experience at this point to say that not all surgeons are the same with their "scar" work).
    The whole team was awesome.  The anesthesiologist (never met one that wasn't great by the way) did a local numbing instead of a block because a block would have made his arm useless - completely numb.  I really appreciated the thoughtfulness applied to our situation and the bedside manner in which it was delivered.   

      Look at that - pretty cool, right?  
     Traditionally, the surgery takes place on the palm where the "life line" is.  That is to minimize scaring - helps with flexibility too.  It is usually "open" which mean more stitches to close it.  Because of Jarrad's paraplegia and his need to use his hands, he had endoscopic surgery.  We did this because the surgeon was AWESOME and really seemed concerned with life after surgery.  This way, there is no scar tissue at all on Jarrad's palms that might cause discomfort with transfers and pushing.  Endoscopic also means less healing time.  There was always the possibility that something could have happened that they would have had to switch to open but it didn't.  As you can see the right (your left) wrist was done two months ago and if you look very closely, you can see the very tiny mirror image scar.  The left (your right) is what they did on Monday. 
    Definitely cool.