Posts Tagged With: Derek

Reliving the Accident

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Kelly Wymer

Derek’s foot is healing wonderfully since his accident, and his leg is all but completely healed up. He walks with a little bit of a limp still, but not much of one at all. You would have no idea anything happened to him if he was wearing socks or shoes! That is such a blessing, [...]

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Buying School Supplies and Election Day!

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Kelly Wymer

Today is a day that will go down in Wymer history. It started out like any other day. We all got up, got ready, and went about our daily business. I was writing freelance articles most of the day, and adding the blog post I should have added the night before but didn’t because I [...]

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Three Months After Being Hit By A Car

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Kelly Wymer

We had a doctors appointment today with the Orthopedic Surgeon. It had been a month, which is the longest we have gone since Derek was hit by a car before seeing a doctor. (For information on what happened to Derek, click here.) I was anxious and excited to see what he had to say. Technically, [...]

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Not the Best Doctor Visit Today

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Kelly Wymer

We seem to live in the orthopedic’s office these days. We went in again today for what was supposed to be a routine cast change and wound cleaning. While we were in the waiting room, the doc saw us there and asked how we were doing. We weren’t supposed to see him today, just his [...]

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I saw Derek’s Wound Today

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Kelly Wymer

That darn wound vac was beeping again. I cleaned out the valves again, worked out any kinks in the hose, and still it kept beeping. The screen said it was either blocked or full. I could see it wasn’t full, so I just had to find the blockage and clean it out. But this was [...]

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We Got the Skin Graft…Right??

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Kelly Wymer

Hi all! So sorry to take so long to post again. It has been a crazy week. Much crazier than usual, I must add. That being said, Derek DID have his 6th surgery on Monday. He went to get the skin graft, so I was very excited. You see, this skin graft is his last [...]

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Trauma Part 2: Surgery

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Kelly Wymer

Because I saw the wound on Derek’s foot, I was sure he was going to lose it. I was terrified, so I wanted to get to a hospital as fast as I could to save whatever was possible. I chose to take him to Shawnee Mission Medical Center right down the road. Once he got looked at [...]