Update on Tom:
Tom got to finally come home on Saturday...and he was really glad to sit in his camoflage Catnapper recliner. He wants me to let everyone know that both of the Hospital's that he was in as well as their staff were wonderful!
He is not confined to bed gets up and dressed every day. He takes short walks around our property...and keeps the deer count at the feeder when I work at night.
The surgery for his aortic valve went well...the delay on his release was due to his coumadin level being too low. They finally got it up to 2.5 and released him. Then it dropped to 2.2 and so they have had to increase his medication. He can no longer eat green leafy veggies....and at this point he.... won't eat anything green.
Now the docs put him back together with superglue...no stiches or staples in his 14 inch incesion. The glue is actually Durabond...and we figure...well... if it is that good....we want to get some to try on arrows. The good news is that all of his arteries are clear...he needed no stints and no bypasses. He has the mechanical valve and they say in a year he will feel about 30 years younger........so it sounds like I will be living with a younger guy!
Tom and Mike Hutchison had planned to work on building a hickory backed osage bow as soon as deer season was over...but I think that is gonna have to wait for a lil bit. Speaking of Mike...aka Tradbow Mike...what a super friend...the day before Thanksgiving he came by the house and dropped off...2 light weight bows for Tom to start playing with when the doctors give the okay. He also left a huge stack of books including all three Bowyers Bibles.
Tom keeps bugging me to post a pic of my eight point........and maybe I will later. The rack was small compared to the usual ones we see there. The deer was older...did not have many teeth....but hey he is still an eight point and my first one.
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