Paul is Home!

Paul was busy all the time in the hospital. Student nurses came to visit - pretty ones!  Eva was always checking out his equipment. Even his two Aunts, Bonnie and Ramona, came from Sacramento for the afternoon to see us.  The up close of the leg shows you the external fixator bars.  In place of a cast on the leg (which can't be used because of swelling) the fixator bars were drilled into 4 places and held his leg in an exact position.  They were on for 5 weeks, allowing the artery graft to heal.

This picture was taken after Pauls first surgery. Julie and Eva came from Seattle to help and comfort him.  Eva was a real joy and distraction. She wanted to use everything, walker,crutches, she loved walking the halls and waving to nurses.

Event that changed our lives

I took this from the porch of the cabin at June Lake. Tom and Paul were getting ready to go skiing/snowboarding and were scraping Pauls new car.