Thanks, everyone, for all your prayers, e-mails, phone calls and sms's on the day of Rodger's surgery and following.The surgery, to repair the badly broken bridge of his nose and deviated septum(recent basketball injuries) was on Friday in South Africa. Though the doctor said it took longer than he had expected because of the extent of the injury, the surgery was a success.
Rodger had not been under anesthetic(that we can remember) since the age of 5, so we were both a little bit curious and nervous to see what his extremely colorful personality would produce when coming out from under the effects of anesthetic! :)
Most colorful! He spoke nothing but Portuguese to all the nurses and doctors and to me, though we were speaking English to him! He was joking with the nurses and doctor almost immediately but he only said one embarrassing thing! He doesn't remember any of it.
Please continue to pray for him. He is having alot of pain still and is really, really swollen.
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Glad everything went okay, and here's to a quick recovery!
Well, I guess you can consider yourself bilingual if you're speaking Port. under anesthetics! Congrats. We did pray and are glad that it went well. I bet you're loving all the stares and questions - a big whitie with a funny nose bandage. Get creative with your answers!
So glad the surgery went well. We are relieved that it is over and that with a bit of time and patience you will be good as new. Watch out for those elbows and basketballs for a good long while, Rodger.
Perhaps Portuguse is now your first language and English your second. We are dying to know what little piece of embarsement you stated while under anesthesia. Do tell?
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