As I’m writing this one of my oldest friends is in the
hospital having his foot amputated. It is going to be a six-hour operation and
I hope everything will turn out well for him. After this will come the long
period of adjustment and rehabilitation. He will need an artificial foot and
will have to get used to walking with it. His body and his mind will have to
adjust physically and mentally.
I have great confidence he will manage and overcome the
challenge. He has always been physically active and has a strong personality who is not afraid of a challenge, and he is no stranger to walking with crutches. He’s been doing it for
so long. I hope he will finally be without pain. It was the pain that made him
make the decision to go through with this operation.
He injured his back so many years ago I don’t remember when.
While swimming in the ocean in Mexico
he was picked up by a giant wave and smashed into the hard sand. It injured his
spine. He went through an operation but some of the nerves were damaged and he
was limping with one leg. These last few years he had a few operations on his
foot but it never healed. His body rejected metal pins and he was left with only
one option: having the foot amputated. I’m sure he struggled with that decision
but for him it was probably the right one. When I talked to him on Saturday he
told me he can’t wait for it to be over. He’s waited for this a long time.
Good Luck, Rico.Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
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