Ann’s Update: 4 Dec 2010
Dear Members of the Most Evolved Network on Earth, Tania and I took Sasha to the plastic surgeon on Wednesday, and we were joined by Dr. Paul, our new and already beloved primary care physician. Both...
View ArticleAnn’s Update: 9 Dec 2010
To All our Friends, Today we returned to the plastic surgeon’s office and he unwrapped the wound vacuum and took a look at so-called “granulation tissue,” which has begun to grow over the Achilles...
View ArticleAnn’s Update: 23 Dec 2010
Dear People, The only reason for the silence of the past few days is that I became — well — sort of discouraged. Maybe a bit depressed. It happens sometimes. Today things changed for the better,...
View ArticleAnn’s Update: 24 Dec 2010
Dear People Here, There and Everywhere, Continuing the story of next week’s skin-graft surgery: As I told you last time, they (the Medical They) were wanting to do the procedure next Wednesday, but it...
View ArticleAnn’s Update: 31 Dec 2010
Dear People, Again, it took longer than I had expected to get back to you, but those of you who have had the experience of putting somebody into hospital will understand. The whole world (my personal...
View ArticleAnn’s Update: 3 Jan 2011
Dear Friends, Finally, we have the really great news we’ve been waiting for! Sasha’s left foot has been encased in a wound vac. for five days, and yesterday, on the fifth day, the vascular surgeon, a...
View ArticleAnn’s Update: 11 Jan 2011
Dear Everyone, Now, this will be really short, because tomorrow is the big day, and it makes more sense to talk to you after Sasha’s foot gets examined by the two surgeons who did the skin-graft. What...
View ArticleAnn’s Update: 12 Jan 2011
Dear Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend me your Ears, We drove Sasha to the surgeons, Dr. Parrett and Dr. Safa, both excellent, skillful, indeed — vastly superior — vascular surgeons who did the job of...
View ArticleAnn’s Update: 15 Jan 2011
Dear Everyone, Sasha is doing well, and would be doing even better if it weren’t for a “blister” on his left heel. You could call it the possible beginning of another ulcer, but we don’t want to go...
View ArticleAnn’s Update: 18 Jan 2011
Dear Friends Everywhere, Wonderful news! The skin graft, which has been considered almost surely a success, but with a couple of questionable places that were being carefully watched, is now...
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