We're moving forward!

We had a visit today from the prosthetist, Sean. He was originally going to see Randy in the hospital, but because of such a short stay, plus he was delayed out of state, he set up a home visit. We thought that was pretty awesome. 

So today's progress was phase one of the new leg. Sean did what is called the "shape capture". Randy was fitted with the socket. This prepares the stump for the first prosthetic; sort of a shrinking process. Shapes the end of the leg and makes sure the stump is no longer swollen so the prosthetic will fit. Over time though, the stump will continue to shrink until it gets to it's final shape and the new leg will need to be replaced with a second prosthetic.

Because there are so many types and ways to make them comfortable and usable for the patient, the prosthetics are chosen in order to accommodate the regular activities of the user. We all know, as I have previously discussed, Randy MUST be able to go fishing with his new leg. No doubt about that! So even that was discussed and Sean had some great ideas that we'll be implementing when that time comes. Which seems to be coming even sooner than we anticipated, and that makes us both very happy!   

I think I explained all of that correctly. It's quite a process and one we would never have thought would be happening in our lifetime, of course, but here we are. Randy continues to heal well and is doing great getting around with the walker. We see the surgeon on Thursday for his first follow up. I'm expecting an A+ on Randy's report card. :)